PALAEO-

PALAEO- Pa "læ *o-.

palaeo-

palaeo- |ˈpeɪlioʊ | ▶comb. form British spelling of paleo-.

Palaeo-Siberian

Palaeo-Siberian |ˌpalɪəʊˌsʌɪˈbɪərɪən, ˌpeɪ -| ▶adjective denoting or belonging to a group of languages spoken in eastern Siberia, formerly thought to constitute a phylum or superfamily. The most important is Chukchi.

palaeo-

palaeo- |ˈpalɪəʊ, ˈpeɪlɪəʊ |(US paleo- ) ▶combining form older or ancient, especially relating to the geological past: Palaeolithic | palaeomagnetism. ORIGIN from Greek palaios ‘ancient ’.

Palaeo-Eskimo

Palaeo-Eskimo |ˌpalɪəʊˈɛskɪməʊ, ˌpeɪ - |(US Paleo-Eskimo ) ▶noun a member of the earliest prehistoric Inuit people, inhabiting the Arctic from Greenland to Siberia. ▶adjective relating to the Palaeo-Eskimos.

Palaeo-Indian

Palaeo-Indian |ˌpalɪəʊˈɪndɪən, ˌpeɪ -| ▶adjective relating to or denoting the earliest human inhabitants of the Americas, to c. 5000 bc. The date of their first arrival in America is debated (possibly up to 30,000 or 40,000 years ago, but artefacts do not become numerous until the Clovis period ). ▶noun 1 (the Palaeo-Indian ) the Palaeo-Indian culture or period. 2 a member of the Palaeo-Indian peoples.

Palaeo-Siberian

Palaeo-Siberian |ˌpalɪəʊˌsʌɪˈbɪərɪən, ˌpeɪ -| ▶adjective denoting or belonging to a group of languages spoken in eastern Siberia, formerly thought to constitute a phylum or superfamily. The most important is Chukchi.