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xenopaleontology

xenopaleontology noun: the study of past extraterrestrial life forms.

Noun

xenopaleontology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of past extraterrestrial life forms.
    • Text excerpts from: An Introduction to Xenopaleontology: The Study of Ancient Extraterrestrial Life. Interplanetary Council Public Document #3664. 18, Mulburn, Peters, et. al., 2 May 2389.1981 June, Joel Hagen, “Xenopaleontology”, in Heavy Metal, volume 5, number 3, page 42
    • J. Q. R. Forster, professor of xenopaleontology and xenoarchaeology at King's College, London, was engrossed in a leather-bound volume from a shelf of 19th-century classics when Blake and the commander entered the library.1990, Paul Preuss, The Medusa Encounter, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 122

Origin of xenopaleontology

From xeno- + paleontology.

Questions about xenopaleontology

What does xenopaleontology mean?
Xenopaleontology means the study of past extraterrestrial life forms.
What part of speech is xenopaleontology?
Xenopaleontology is a noun.

Words near xenopaleontology in the dictionary

  1. xenons
  2. xenonym
  3. xenonymous
  4. xenonyms
  5. xenonymy
  6. xenopaleontology
  7. xenoparasite
  8. xenoparasites
  9. xenoparasitic
  10. xenoparasitism
  11. xenoparity

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