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noun
The branch of biology or paleontology concerned with the study of fossils of plants and animals
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: palaeobiology
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Broader terms: biology, biological science, paleontology, palaeontology, fossilology
Narrower terms: paleobotany, palaeobotany, paleozoology, palaeozoology
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English paleobiology From paleo- + biology.
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