paleethnology

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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pale- + ethnology

: ethnology of early prehistoric man

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—paleethnologic /pay'lee eth'nl oj"ik/; esp. Brit. /pal'ee-/, paleethnological, adj. —paleethnologist, n.

/pay'lee eth nol"euh jee/; esp. Brit. /pal'ee-/, n.

(formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive races of humankind.

[1865-70; PALE- + ETHNOLOGY]

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paleethnology — [pā΄lē eth näl′ə jē] n. [ PALE + ETHNOLOGY] the study of prehistoric races of humans … English World dictionary
paleethnology — paleethnologic /pay lee eth nl oj ik/; esp. Brit. /pal ee /, paleethnological, adj. paleethnologist, n. /pay lee eth nol euh jee/; esp. Brit. /pal ee /, n. (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive races of… … Universalium
paleethnology — pa·le·ethnology … English syllables
pale- — var. of paleo before most vowels: paleethnology. Also, esp. Brit., palae . * * * … Universalium
archaeology — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See past. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. antiquarianism, prehistory, paleethnology, paleology, paleontology, study of archaic cultures, study of antiquity, paleohistory, paleography, epigraphy, digging* … English dictionary for students

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