Word Meanings - PALEONTOLOGICAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to paleontology. -- Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

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• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• PALEONTOLOGY
  The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach