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PALAEOBIOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms
Synonyms:
palaeobiology; paleobiology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("palaeobiology" is a kind of...):
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
fossilology; palaeontology; paleontology (the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palaeobiology"):
palaeobotany; paleobotany (the study of fossil plants)
palaeozoology; paleozoology (the study of fossil animals)
