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palaeorift

palaeorift is the alternative form of paleorift.

Meaning of paleorift

Noun

paleorift (plural paleorifts)

  1. A rift (typically a rift valley) that formed in prehistoric times

Origin of palaeorift

From palaeo- + rift.

Questions about palaeorift

What is palaeorift the alternative form of?
Palaeorift is the alternative form of paleorift.

Words near palaeorift in the dictionary

  1. palaeoreconstructions
  2. palaeorecord
  3. palaeorecords
  4. palaeoregolith
  5. palaeoregoliths
  6. palaeorift
  7. palaeoriver
  8. palaeorivers
  9. palaeornithological
  10. palaeornithologist
  11. palaeornithologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palaeorift (page history and authors); paleorift (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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