also palaeontologist, "one versed in the study of the former life of the Earth as preserved in fossils," 1836, from paleontology + -ist.
paleobotany
Paleocene
paleoclimatology
paleogeomorphology
paleolithic
paleontologist
paleontology
Paleozoic
paleozoology
Palestine
Palestinian
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