palaeobiology

Questions about palaeobiology

What does palaeobiology mean?

palaeobiology means "a branch of paleontology that deals with the origin and growth and structure of fossil animals and plants as living organisms".

How many syllables are in palaeobiology?

palaeobiology has 8 syllables and divides as pa-la-e-o-bi-o-lo-gy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for palaeobiology?

Close synonyms include paleobiology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is palaeobiology a common word?

palaeobiology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.