单词 | paleontology |
释义 | paleontology —paleontologic /pay'lee on'tl oj"ik/ or, esp. Brit., /pal'ee-/, paleontological, adj. —paleontologically, adv. —paleontologist, n. /pay'lee euhn tol"euh jee/ or, esp. Brit., /pal'ee-/, n. , pl. paleontologies for 2. 1. the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils. 2. a treatise on paleontology. [1830-40; < F paléontologie. See PALE- ONTOLOGY] |
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