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biostratigraphy en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English stratigraphy English biostratigraphy From bio- + stratigraphy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
    • It is these ordinary animals that have helped science cope with the problems of Deep Time […] and it is astonishing that the biostratigraphy based on them doesn’t merit a mention. 2000, Richard Fortey, “No Such Thing as a Fish”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 13:

Deriveds

biostratigrapher

Translations (7)

ca biostratigrafia (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil) · ga bithstratagrafaíocht (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil) · pl biostratygrafia (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil) · it biostratigrafia (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil) · ca bioestratigrafia (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil) · es bioestratigrafía (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil) · fi biostratigrafia (the study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossil)