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paleodesert

paleodesert noun: a prehistoric desert.

Noun

paleodesert (plural paleodeserts)

  1. A prehistoric desert.
    • Although both the facies mentioned above may have formed in paleodeserts, the metallic minerals and the petroleum were introduced subsequently, after burial and during diagenesis.1985, Peter Laznicka, Empirical metallogeny: depositional environments, lithologic associations and metallic ores

Forms of paleodesert

pluralpaleodeserts

Origin of paleodesert

From paleo- + desert.

Questions about paleodesert

What does paleodesert mean?
Paleodesert means a prehistoric desert.
What part of speech is paleodesert?
Paleodesert is a noun.
What is the plural of paleodesert?
The plural of paleodesert is paleodeserts.

Words near paleodesert in the dictionary

  1. paleodepositional
  2. paleodepth
  3. paleodepths
  4. paleodermatoglyphic
  5. paleodermatoglyphics
  6. paleodesert
  7. paleodeserts
  8. paleodicots
  9. paleodiet
  10. paleodietary
  11. paleodiets

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