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paleoentomology

paleoentomology is the alternative form of palaeoentomology.

Meaning of palaeoentomology

Noun

palaeoentomology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of prehistoric insects.

Origin of paleoentomology

From paleo- + entomology.

Questions about paleoentomology

What is paleoentomology the alternative form of?
Paleoentomology is the alternative form of palaeoentomology.

Words near paleoentomology in the dictionary

  1. paleoendemic
  2. paleoendemism
  3. paleoentomological
  4. paleoentomologist
  5. paleoentomologists
  6. paleoentomology
  7. paleoenviromental
  8. paleoenvironment
  9. paleoenvironmental
  10. paleoenvironments
  11. paleoeolian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paleoentomology (page history and authors); palaeoentomology (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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