| 单词 | paleontology |
| 释义 | paleontology (once / 8443 pages) n That five-year-old dinosaur expert who can tell a trilobite from a pterodactyl and tell you which thrived during the Jurassic period? She’s a budding paleontology expert. Scientific language aims at clarity, and scientists generally speak to each other in Greek and Latin. The commonly used suffix -ology comes from Greek, and it means "the study of." The prefix paleo means "old." So, paleontology is the study of that which is old—really, really old. The word paleontology entered the English language in the nineteenth century, just as scientists were making a systematic effort to analyze fossil records. WORD FAMILYpaleontology: micropaleontology, paleontological, paleontologist+/paleontological: paleontologically/paleontologist: paleontologists USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s why studying privately owned fossils is frowned upon by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. National Geographic(Nov 02, 2016) Hong-yu Yi of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China, says she’s reserving judgment on the specimen’s identity until further analysis. Science Magazine(Nov 01, 2016) The new specimen raised some eyebrows when it was presented Thursday at the annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Washington Post(Oct 28, 2016) n the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains Syn|Hypo|Hyper fossilology, palaeontology palaeobiology, paleobiology a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms micropaleontologythe paleontology of microfossils vertebrate paleontologythe paleontology of vertebrates human palaeontology, human paleontology, palaeoanthropology, paleoanthropologythe scientific study of human fossils palaeobotany, paleobotanythe study of fossil plants palaeozoology, paleozoologythe study of fossil animals earth science any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts |
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