Defn: See Palæotype.
PALEOUS
Pa"le*ous, a. Etym: [L. palea chaff.]
Defn: Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
PALEOZOIC
Pa`le*o*zo"ic, a. Etym: [Paleo- + Gr. (Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.
PALEOZOIC ERA
Pa`le*o*zo*ic e*ra, n. (Geol.)
Defn: The Paleozoic time or strata.
PALEOZOOLOGY; PALEOZOOELOGY
Pa`le*o*zo*öl"o*gy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + zoölogy.]
Defn: The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.
PALESIE; PALESY
Pale"sie, Pale"sy, n.