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palaeoencephalon

palaeoencephalon is the alternative form of paleoencephalon.

Meaning of paleoencephalon

Noun

paleoencephalon (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) The most ancient part of the brain.

Origin of palaeoencephalon

From palaeo- + encephalon.

Questions about palaeoencephalon

What is palaeoencephalon the alternative form of?
Palaeoencephalon is the alternative form of paleoencephalon.

Words near palaeoencephalon in the dictionary

  1. palaeoeconomies
  2. palaeoeconomy
  3. palaeoecosystem
  4. palaeoecosystems
  5. palaeoencephalic
  6. palaeoencephalon
  7. palaeoendemic
  8. palaeoendemism
  9. palaeoentomological
  10. palaeoentomologist
  11. palaeoentomologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeoencephalon (page history and authors); paleoencephalon (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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