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PALAEOZOOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study of fossil animals
Synonyms:
palaeozoology; paleozoology
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("palaeozoology" is a kind of...):
palaeobiology; paleobiology (a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms)
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palaeozoology"):
paleomammalogy (the paleobiology of ancient mammals)
palaeornithology; paleornithology (the paleobiology of birds)
