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Paleontology

Paˊle-on-tol′o-gy

(pāˊlē̍-ŏn-tŏl′ō̍-jy̆)

,

Noun.

[

Paleo-

+ Gr.

ὄντα

existing things +

-logy

. Cf.

.]

The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.

Definition 2024

paleontology

paleontology

English

Alternative forms

palæontology (chiefly British)
palaeontology (British)

Noun

paleontology ‎(uncountable)

Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.

Hypernyms

humanities

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from paleontology

micropaleontology

paleontological

paleontologic

paleontologist

Translations

study of prehistoric forms of life

Armenian: հնէաբանություն (hy) ‎(hnēabanutʿyun)
Asturian: paleontoloxía f
Catalan: paleontologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 古生物學 (zh), 古生物学 (zh) ‎(gǔshēngwùxué)
Czech: paleontologie (cs) f
Danish: palæontologi (da) c
Finnish: paleontologia (fi)
French: paléontologie (fr) f
Galician: paleontoloxía f
German: Paläontologie (de) f
Greek: παλαιοντολογία (el) ‎(palaiontología)
Icelandic: steingervingafræði f
Irish: pailé-ointeolaíocht f
Italian: paleontologia (it) f
Japanese: 古生物学 (ja) ‎(こせいぶつがく, koseibutsugaku)

Khmer: បាសាណិភូតវិទ្យា ‎(baasaanə pʰuut vityie)
Latvian: paleontoloģija f
Lithuanian: paleontologija f
Macedonian: палеонтологија f ‎(paleontológija)
Malay: kaji fosil, paleontologi
Norwegian:

Bokmål: paleontologi (no) m

Nynorsk: paleontologi m
Occitan: paleontologia (oc) f
Polish: paleontologia (pl) f
Portuguese: paleontologia (pt) f
Romanian: paleontologie (ro) f
Russian: палеонтоло́гия (ru) f ‎(paleontológija)
Spanish: paleontología (es) f
Swedish: paleontologi (sv) c
Volapük: fösilav (vo)
Yiddish: פּאַלעאָנטאָלאָגיע f ‎(paleontologye)