palaeontology

Questions about palaeontology

What does palaeontology mean?

palaeontology means "the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains".

How many syllables are in palaeontology?

palaeontology has 7 syllables: pa-la-e-on-to-lo-gy. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for palaeontology?

Close synonyms include paleontology, fossilology. 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 palaeontology a common word?

palaeontology 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.