The pterosaur has been described for the first time in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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Paleontology
//ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɒləd͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "paleontology" (44 found)
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Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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50 translations across 46 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- paleontologjí noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
- paleontologjía noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Armenian
1 entries- հնէաբանություն noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Asturian
1 entries- paleontoloxía noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Bulgarian
1 entries- палеонтология noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Burmese
1 entries- နိခါတကဗေဒ noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Catalan
1 entries- paleontologia noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 古生物學 /古生物学 noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Czech
1 entries- paleontologie noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Danish
1 entries- palæontologi noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Dutch
1 entries- paleontologie noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Esperanto
1 entries- paleontologio noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Finnish
1 entries- paleontologia noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
French
1 entries- paléontologie noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Galician
1 entries- paleontoloxía noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
German
1 entries- Paläontologie noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Greek
1 entries- παλαιοντολογία noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Hindi
2 entries- जीवाश्मविज्ञान noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
- जीवाश्मिकी noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Icelandic
1 entries- steingervingafræði noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Indonesian
1 entries- paleontologi noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Irish
1 entries- pailé-ointeolaíocht noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Italian
1 entries- paleontologia noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Japanese
1 entries- 古生物学 noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Khmer
1 entries- បាសាណិភូតវិទ្យា noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Korean
1 entries- 고생물학 noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Latvian
1 entries- paleontoloģija noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Lithuanian
1 entries- paleontologija noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Macedonian
1 entries- палеонтологија noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Malay
2 entries- kaji fosil noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
- paleontologi noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Mongolian
2 entries- палеонтологи noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
- ᠫᠠᠯᠧᠣᠨ᠋ᠲ᠋ᠣᠯᠣᠭᠢ noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Māori
1 entries- mātai mātātoka noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- paleontologi noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- paleontologi noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Occitan
1 entries- paleontologia noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مبحث المستحاثات noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Polish
1 entries- paleontologia noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Portuguese
1 entries- paleontologia noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Romanian
1 entries- paleontologie noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Russian
1 entries- палеонтоло́гия noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Slovene
1 entries- paleontologija noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Spanish
1 entries- paleontología noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Swahili
1 entries- paleontolojia noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Swedish
1 entries- paleontologi noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Thai
1 entries- บรรพชีวินวิทยา noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cổ sinh vật học noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Volapük
1 entries- fösilav noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּאַלעאָנטאָלאָגיע noun (study of prehistoric forms of life)
Sample sentences
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The terms are used in geology, paleontology, geophysics, astronomy and physical cosmology.
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Paleontology is my passion.
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