micropaleontology

1. 1.

   the paleontology of microfossils

   Broaderpaleontology

Other forms of micropaleontology

plural

micropaleontologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about micropaleontology

What does micropaleontology mean?

micropaleontology means "the paleontology of microfossils".

How many syllables are in micropaleontology?

micropaleontology has 8 syllables: mi-cro-pa-le-on-to-lo-gy. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌmaɪkɹoʊˌpeɪliənˈtɑlədʒi/.