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palaeoceanography

palaeoceanography is the alternative form of paleoceanography.

Meaning of paleoceanography

Noun

paleoceanography (uncountable)

  1. The study of the history of the oceans, especially their circulation, chemistry, biogeography, fertility, and sedimentation.

Origin of palaeoceanography

From palaeo- + oceanography.

Words that rhyme with palaeoceanography

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Questions about palaeoceanography

What is palaeoceanography the alternative form of?
Palaeoceanography is the alternative form of paleoceanography.

Words near palaeoceanography in the dictionary

  1. palaeocaves
  2. palaeoceanographer
  3. palaeoceanographers
  4. palaeoceanographic
  5. palaeoceanographically
  6. palaeoceanography
  7. Palaeocene
  8. palaeocerebellar
  9. palaeochannel
  10. palaeochannels
  11. palaeochiropterygid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeoceanography (page history and authors); paleoceanography (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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