paleobiological
- adjective
- /ˌpeɪliˌoʊbaɪˈɑːlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
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paleobiológico
- Her thesis explored paleobiological patterns in fossil records to trace species extinction.
Examples
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In allometries and scaling relationships, body size is used as an independent variable of different dependent variables representing anatomical, physiological, morphological, behavioral, social, life historical, ecological, or paleobiological traits of taxa.
Academic text (2013) -
The paleobiological study provided insights into the lifestyles of ancient marine creatures.
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A confirmation of your argument in this article is evidenced by the paleobiological register.
Blog text (9) -
It isn't just paleobiological research I'm interested in.
Fiction book (2002) -
Researchers focused on paleobiological evidence to understand the evolution of dinosaurs.
Synonyms
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Relating to the study of ancient life from fossils
Surface Forms
Morphology
paleobiological = paleobiology (semi-transparent) = paleo + biology + ical
The adjective is formed regularly from the noun 'paleobiology' by adding '-ical', so the derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
Paleobiological comes from three parts: paleo- meaning 'ancient', bio- meaning 'life', and -logical meaning 'study', like in paleontology and biology. So paleobiological is about the biology of ancient or fossil living things.