PALAEOBIOLOGY

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Meaning:

A branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms

Synonyms:

palaeobiology; paleobiology

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("palaeobiology" is a kind of...):

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

fossilology; palaeontology; paleontology (the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "palaeobiology"):

palaeobotany; paleobotany (the study of fossil plants)

palaeozoology; paleozoology (the study of fossil animals)