palaeo-, palae-, paleo-, pale-
(Greek: original, ancient, primitive, old)
paleo-ornithology
biomagnify, biomagnifying
To undergo biological magnification or increasing in concentration of a pollutant from one level in a food chain to another one.
cosmic noise
1. Radio static caused by a phenomenon outside the earth's atmosphere; such as, sunspots.
2. Random noise or interference that is produced by cosmic background radiation; that is, by radiation from outside the earth's atmosphere which is coupled into a communication system.
ichthyopaleontology
The paleontology of fishes.
palaeacanthocephala
palae-ethnology, paleoethnology
The study of the human races of fossil man.
palaeoclimatology
palaeoichnology
palaeontology
palaeopathology, paleopathology
1. The study of the diseases of past periods or from previous times.
2. The study of disease in bodies preserved from ancient times, such as in mummies.
palaeornithology
Palaeosauriscus
Meaning “old (ancient) lizard ancestor” from Late Triassic Bristol, England. This creature was previously known as Palaeosaurus. Named by Oskar Kuhn in 1959.
Palaeosaurus
This nomenclature (“ancient lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Palaeosauriscus. Named by S. H. Riley and Samuel Stutchbury, 1836/Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1833.
palaetiology
pale-ethnography, pale-ethnographer
The written descriptions of extinct members of the genus Homo sapiens by means of their fossil remains.
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