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biostratinomy

biostratinomy noun: the study of the processes that take place following the death of an organism.

Noun

biostratinomy (uncountable)

  1. The study of the processes that take place following the death of an organism

Origin of biostratinomy

From bio- (“life”) + stratum (“layer”) + -nomy (“law”).

Words formed from biostratinomy

Questions about biostratinomy

What does biostratinomy mean?
Biostratinomy means the study of the processes that take place following the death of an organism.
What part of speech is biostratinomy?
Biostratinomy is a noun.

Words near biostratinomy in the dictionary

  1. biostratigraphical
  2. biostratigraphically
  3. biostratigraphy
  4. biostratinomic
  5. biostratinomically
  6. biostratinomy
  7. biostromal
  8. biostrome
  9. biostromes
  10. biostructural
  11. biostructure

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