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paleontology

N การศึกษา เกี่ยวกับ ซากดึกดำบรรพ์  paleology archaism prehistory kan-suek-sa-kiao-kab-sak-duek-dam-ban

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PALEONTOLOGY

Pa `le *on *tol "o *gy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + Gr. -logy. Cf. Ontology. ]

 

Defn: The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

paleontology

pa le on tol o gy |ˌpālēˌənˈtäləjē ˌpeɪliɑnˈtɑləʤi | ▶noun the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants. DERIVATIVES pa le on to log i cal |ˌpālēˌäntəˈläjikəl |adjective, pa le on tol o gist |-jist |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from paleo- ‘of prehistoric times ’ + Greek onta ‘beings ’ (neuter plural of ōn, present participle of einai ‘be ’) + -logy .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

paleontology

pa le on tol o gy ｟英 ｠pa lae -/pèɪliɑntɑ́lədʒi |pæ̀liɔntɔ́l -/名詞 U 古生物学 .p à le on t ó l o gist 名詞 C 古生物学者 .