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PALAEOZOOLOGY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palaeozoology mean?
• PALAEOZOOLOGY (noun)
The noun PALAEOZOOLOGY has 1 sense:
1. the study of fossil animals
Familiarity information: PALAEOZOOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of fossil animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
palaeozoology; paleozoology
Hypernyms ("palaeozoology" is a kind of...):
palaeobiology; paleobiology (a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms)
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palaeozoology"):
paleomammalogy (the paleobiology of ancient mammals)
palaeornithology; paleornithology (the paleobiology of birds)
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