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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. Ancient; prehistoric; old: paleobotany.
  2. Early; primitive: Paleozoic.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. For words so beginning, not found below, see palæo-.

Wiktionary

  1. very old; prehistoric
  2. very early; primitive
  3. related to paleontology

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. A combining form meaning old, ancient.

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaios, "old"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek palaio-, from palaios, ancient, from palai, long ago. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. palaeo-
  2. palæ-american
  3. palæ-asiatic
  4. palæethnologist
  5. palæethnology
  1. palæo-american
  2. palæo-asiatic
  3. paleo-ecology
  4. paleo-ethnic
  5. paleo-ethnographer
  1. paleo - ethnographic
  2. paleo - ethnography
  3. paleo-œcology
  4. palethnographical
  5. palethnologist
  1. palethnology
  2. Nakedi
  3. Agang
  4. paleo-ethnographical
  5. paleo-ethnological
  1. paleo-ethnologist
  2. Paleo-Indian
  3. paleo-american
  4. paleo-amerind
  5. folsom culture
  1. clovis culture

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  1. palaeo-

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