micropaleontology

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noun

mi·​cro·​pa·​le·​on·​tol·​o·​gy ˌmī-krō-ˌpā-lē-ˌän-ˈtä-lə-jē 

-lē-ən-

especially British -ˌpa-

: the study of microscopic fossils

micropaleontological

ˌmī-krō-ˌpā-lē-ˌän-tə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

adjective

or less commonly micropaleontologic

ˌmī-krō-ˌpā-lē-ˌän-tə-ˈlä-jik 

micropaleontologist

ˌmī-krō-ˌpā-lē-ˌän-ˈtä-lə-jist 

-ən-

noun

micropaleontological

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adjective

mi·​cro·​paleontological "+ 

variants or less commonly micropaleontologic

"+ 

: of or relating to micropaleontology

Examples of micropaleontology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Meyer mounted the microtektites on micropaleontology slides, licking a paintbrush in order to pick up the tiny beads and placing them on small glue dots. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

Noun

International Scientific Vocabulary

Adjective

micropaleontology + -ical or -ic

First Known Use

Noun

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for micropaleontology

• anesthesiology
• epidemiology
• ethnomethodology
• ethnomusicology
• gastroenterology
• immunobiology
• immunopathology
• neuropharmacology
• neurophysiology
• neuroradiology
• otolaryngology
• paleobiology