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Definition of "paleozoology" []

  • The branch of paleontology that deals with animal fossils and ancient animal life. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "paleozoology" in a sentence
  • "After spotting the amphicyons and the slightly scaled up trilophodons in The Two Towers, it wasn't suprising to see that Peter Jackson and WETA Digital had gone back to their paleozoology text books for The Return Of The King."