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palaeontology

palaeontology is the alternative spelling of paleontology.

Meaning of paleontology

Noun

paleontology (uncountable)

  1. (US) The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.

Words formed from palaeontology

Questions about palaeontology

What is palaeontology the alternative spelling of?
Palaeontology is the alternative spelling of paleontology.

Words near palaeontology in the dictionary

  1. palaeontologic
  2. palaeontological
  3. palaeontologically
  4. palaeontologist
  5. palaeontologists
  6. palaeontology
  7. palaeonutrition
  8. palaeoparasitological
  9. palaeoparasitology
  10. palaeopathological
  11. palaeopathologies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeontology (page history and authors); paleontology (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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