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Webster 1913 Edition

(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.