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Noun: palaeozoology  ,pey-lee-ow-zow'ó-lu-jee [N. Amer], ,pey-lee-ow-zoo'ó-lu-jee [Brit]
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paleozoology)
  1. The study of fossil animals
    "palaeozoology provided insights into extinct mammalian species";
    - paleozoology [N. Amer]

Type of: palaeobiology [Brit, Cdn], paleobiology [N. Amer], zoological science, zoology

Encyclopedia: Palaeozoology