英语词汇“neontology”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

neontology

/ˌniːɒnˈtɒlədʒi

noun [mass noun]

The branch of zoology dealing with living forms as distinct from fossils. Often contrasted with palaeontology.The relevance of neontology, including ecology, to paleontology could not be more starkly revealed in these and other questions concerning biodiversity dynamics....

Although the distinction between paleontology and neontology may be practical, it is not necessarily natural or productive.
However, paleontologists have not been completely blinded by neontology and recent paleontological analyses also indicate that gastropod evolution was considerably more complicated than previously thought.

Derivatives

neontological

adjective ...

The tabulated fouling data for neontological occurrences includes only metazoan epibionts that appeared on the external surface of the cuticle.
Comparable studies of fishes and other aquatic vertebrates are scarce, despite a wealth of neontological data.
However, neontological evidence suggests that fissurelloids diverged from other vetigastropods relatively recently.

Origin

Late 19th century: from neo- 'new', on the pattern of palaeontology.

单词	neontology
释义	neontology /ˌniːɒnˈtɒlədʒi / noun [mass noun] The branch of zoology dealing with living forms as distinct from fossils. Often contrasted with palaeontology.The relevance of neontology, including ecology, to paleontology could not be more starkly revealed in these and other questions concerning biodiversity dynamics.... Although the distinction between paleontology and neontology may be practical, it is not necessarily natural or productive. However, paleontologists have not been completely blinded by neontology and recent paleontological analyses also indicate that gastropod evolution was considerably more complicated than previously thought. Derivatives neontological adjective ... The tabulated fouling data for neontological occurrences includes only metazoan epibionts that appeared on the external surface of the cuticle. Comparable studies of fishes and other aquatic vertebrates are scarce, despite a wealth of neontological data. However, neontological evidence suggests that fissurelloids diverged from other vetigastropods relatively recently. Origin Late 19th century: from neo- 'new', on the pattern of palaeontology.
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