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Paleo-Paleo- Pa"le*o- [Gr. ?, adj.]
A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic,
paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also
pal[ae]o-.] Paleobotanist
Paleobotanist Pa`le*o*bot"a*nist, n.
One versed in paleobotany.
Paleobotany
Paleobotany Pa`le*o*bot"a*ny, n. [Paleo- + botany.]
That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.
paleobotanyPhytolithology Phy`to*li*thol"o*gy, n. [Phyto- + lithology.]
The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; --
usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology. PaleocaridaPaleocarida Pa`le*o*car"ida, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ancient +
?, ?, ?, a kind of crustacean.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Merostomata. [Written also Pal[ae]ocarida.] PaleocrinoideaPaleocrinoidea Pa`le*o*cri*noi"de*a, n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-,
and Crinoidea.] (Zo["o]l.)
A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks. Paleocrystic
Paleocrystic Pa`le*o*crys"tic, a. [Paleo- + Gr. ? ice.]
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial
formation.
PaleogaeanPaleogaean Pa`le*o*g[ae]"an, a. [Paleo- + Gr. ? the eart]
(Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also
pal[ae]og[ae]an.] Paleograph
Paleograph Pa"le*o*graph, n.
An ancient manuscript.
Paleographer
Paleographer Pa`le*og"ra*pher, n.
One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
Paleographist
Paleographist Pa`le*og"ra*phist, n.
One versed in paleography; a paleographer.
PaleolaPaleola Pa*le"o*la, n.; pl. Paleol[ae]. [NL., dim. of L.
palea.] (Bot.)
A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule. PaleolaePaleola Pa*le"o*la, n.; pl. Paleol[ae]. [NL., dim. of L.
palea.] (Bot.)
A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule. Paleolith
Paleolith Pa"le*o*lith, n. [Paleo- + -lith.] (Geol.)
A relic of the Paleolithic era.
Paleolithic
Paleolithic Pa`le*o*lith"ic, a. (Geol.)
Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements.
The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the
earlier half of the ``Stone Age;' the remains belonging to
it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of
human beings.
Paleologist
Paleologist Pa`le*ol"ogist, n.
One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.
Paleology
Paleology Pa`le*ol"o*gy, n. [Paleo- + -logy.]
The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric
antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities;
arch[ae]ology .
Paleontographical
Paleontographical Pa`le*on`to*graph"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.
Paleontography
Paleontography Pa`le*on*tog"ra*phy, n. [Paleo- + Gr. ?
existing things + -graphy.]
The description of fossil remains.
PaleontologicalPaleontological Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to paleontology. --
Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv. PaleontologicallyPaleontological Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al, a.
Of or pertaining to paleontology. --
Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv. paleontology 10. (Mus.)
(a) Produced by natural organs, as those of the human
throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
(b) Of or pertaining to a key which has neither a flat
nor a sharp for its signature, as the key of C major.
(c) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which
moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but
little from the original key. --Moore (Encyc. of
Music).
Natural day, the space of twenty-four hours. --Chaucer.
Natural fats, Natural gas, etc. See under Fat, Gas.
etc.
Natural Harmony (Mus.), the harmony of the triad or common
chord.
Natural history, in its broadest sense, a history or
description of nature as a whole, incuding the sciences of
botany, zo["o]logy, geology, mineralogy,
paleontology, chemistry, and physics. In recent
usage the term is often restricted to the sciences of
botany and zo["o]logy collectively, and sometimes to the
science of zoology alone.
Natural law, that instinctive sense of justice and of right
and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished
from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated
human law.
Natural modulation (Mus.), transition from one key to its
relative keys.
Natural order. (Nat. Hist.) See under order.
Natural person. (Law) See under person, n.
Natural philosophy, originally, the study of nature in
general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science,
commonly called physics, which treats of the phenomena
and laws of matter and considers those effects only which
are unaccompanied by any change of a chemical nature; --
contrasted with mental and moral philosophy.
Natural scale (Mus.), a scale which is written without
flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less
likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales
represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally
natural with the so-called natural scale
Natural science, natural history, in its broadest sense; --
used especially in contradistinction to mental or moral
science.
Natural selection (Biol.), a supposed operation of natural
laws analogous, in its operation and results, to designed
selection in breeding plants and animals, and resulting in
the survival of the fittest. The theory of natural
selection supposes that this has been brought about mainly
by gradual changes of environment which have led to
corresponding changes of structure, and that those forms
which have become so modified as to be best adapted to the
changed environment have tended to survive and leave
similarly adapted descendants, while those less perfectly
adapted have tended to die out though lack of fitness for
the environment, thus resulting in the survival of the
fittest. See Darwinism.
Natural system (Bot. & Zo["o]l.), a classification based
upon real affinities, as shown in the structure of all
parts of the organisms, and by their embryology.
It should be borne in mind that the natural system
of botany is natural only in the constitution of its
genera, tribes, orders, etc., and in its grand
divisions. --Gray.
Natural theology, or Natural religion, that part of
theological science which treats of those evidences of the
existence and attributes of the Supreme Being which are
exhibited in nature; -- distinguished from revealed
religion. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3.
Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir,
her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest
open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel,
under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 17.
Syn: See Native. PaleontologyPaleontology Pa`le*on*tol"o*gy, n. [Paleo- + Gr. ? existing
things + -logy. Cf. Ontology.]
The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or
of fossils which are the remains of such life. Paleophytologist
Paleophytologist Pa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gist, n.
A paleobotanist.
Paleophytology
Paleophytology Pa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gy, n. [Paleo- + phytology.]
Paleobotany.
paleophytologyPhytolithology Phy`to*li*thol"o*gy, n. [Phyto- + lithology.]
The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; --
usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology. Paleornithology
Paleornithology Pa`le*or`ni*thol"o*gy, n. [Paleo- +
ornithology.]
The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.
Paleosaurus
Paleosaurus Pa`le*o*sau"rus, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ? ancient + ? a
lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.
Paleotechnic
Paleotechnic Pa`le*o*tech"nic, a. [Paleo- + technic.]
Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. ``The
paleotechnic men of central France.' --D. Wilson.
PaleotheriumPaleotherium Pa`le*o*the"ri*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ancient + ?
beast.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once
supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known
to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that
of a llama. [Written also Pal[ae]otherium.]
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Paleolithic diet,
Paleo diet,
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modern fad diet
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Paleo-Arabic (or Palaeo-Arabic,
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Arabian script used to
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Paleo-Eskimo
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