| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| paleontology |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pa·le·on·tol·o·gy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p  l - n-tl  -j |
| NOUN: | The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms. | | OTHER FORMS: | pale·onto·logic (-nt-lj k) , pale·onto·logi·cal (--kl) —ADJECTIVE
pale·on·tolo·gist —NOUN
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