||Pa`le*Îch`i*noi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-, and Echinoidea.]
||(Zoˆl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.
||They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also
||PalÊechini. [Written also PalÊechinoidea.]
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Pale"face` (?), n. A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have
been applied to the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper.
||Pa`le*ich"thy*es (?), n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-, and Ichthyology.]
||(Zoˆl.) A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the
||elasmobranchs and ganoids. [Written also PalÊichthyes.]
Pale"ly (?), adv. [From Pale, a.] In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not
freshly or ruddily. Thackeray.
Pal`em*pore" (?), n. A superior kind of dimity made in India, -- used
for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De
Colange.
Pale"ness (?), n. The quality or condition of being pale; want of
freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster;
wanness.
The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er
all her look.
Pope.
Pa*len"que (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) A collective name for the Indians of
Nicaragua and Honduras.
Pa"le*o- (?). [Gr. &?;, adj.] A combining form meaning old, ancient;
as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also
palÊo-.]
Pa`le*o*bot"a*nist (?), n. One versed in paleobotany.
Pa`le*o*bot"a*ny (?), n. [Paleo- + botany.] That branch of paleontology
which treats of fossil plants.
||Pa`le*o*car"ida (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ancient + &?;, &?;,
||&?;, a kind of crustacean.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Merostomata. [Written
||also PalÊocarida.]
||Pa`le*o*cri*noi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Paleo-, and Crinoidea.]
||(Zoˆl.) A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
Pa`le*o*crys"tic (?), a. [Paleo- + Gr. &?; ice.] Of, pertaining to, or
derived from, a former glacial formation.
Pa`le*o*gÊ"an (?), a. [Paleo- + Gr. &?; the eart] (Zoˆl.) Of or
pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also palÊogÊan.]
Pa"le*o*graph (?), n. An ancient manuscript.
Pa`le*og"ra*pher (?), n. One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
{ Pa`le*o*graph"ic (?), Pa`le*o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F.
palÈographique.] Of or pertaining to paleography.
Pa`le*og"ra*phist (?), n. One versed in paleography; a paleographer.
Pa`le*og"ra*phy, n. [Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F. palÈographie.] 1. An
ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic
paleography.
2. The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or
science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin,
period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
||Pa*le"o*la (?), n.; pl. PaleolÊ (#). [NL., dim. of L. palea.] (Bot.)
||A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.
Pa"le*o*lith (?), n. [Paleo- + -lith.] (Geol.) A relic of the
Paleolithic era.
Pa`le*o*lith"ic (?), a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to an era marked by
early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock)
includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to
it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human
beings.
Pa`le*ol"ogist (?), n. One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.
Pa`le*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Paleo- + -logy.] The study or knowledge of
antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise
on antiquities; archÊology .
Pa`le*on`to*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the description of
fossil remains.
Pa`le*on*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Paleo- + Gr. &?; existing things +
-graphy.] The description of fossil remains.
Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to paleontology. --
Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Pa`le*on*tol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. palÈontologiste.] One versed in
paleontology.
Pa`le*on*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Paleo- + Gr. &?; existing things + -logy.
Cf. Ontology.] The science which treats of the ancient life of the
earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.
Pa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gist (?), n. A paleobotanist.
Pa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Paleo- + phytology.] Paleobotany.
Pa`le*or`ni*thol"o*gy (?), n. [Paleo- + ornithology.] The branch of
paleontology which treats of fossil birds.
Pa`le*o*sau"rus (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. &?; ancient + &?; a lizard.]
(Paleon.) A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.
Pa`le*o*tech"nic (?), a. [Paleo- + technic.] Belonging to, or connected
with, ancient art. "The paleotechnic men of central France." D. Wilson.
Pa"le*o*there (?), n. [F. palÈothËre.] (Paleon.) Any species of
Paleotherium.
Pa`le*o*the"ri*an (?), a. [F. palÈothÈrien.] (Paleon.) Of or pertaining
to Paleotherium.
||Pa`le*o*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; ancient + &?; beast.]
||(Paleon.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once
||supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have
||had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama.
||[Written also PalÊotherium.]
Pa`le*o*the"roid (?), [Paleothere + -oid.] (Paleon.) Resembling
Paleotherium. -- n. An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere.
Pa"le*o*type (?), n. See PalÊotype.
Pa"le*ous (?), a. [L. palea chaff.] Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.
[R.] Sir T. Browne.
Pa`le*o*zo"ic (?), a. [Paleo- + Gr. &?; life, fr. &?; to live.] (Geol.)
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.
Pa`le*o*zo*ˆl"o*gy (?), n. (Geol.) The Paleozoic time or strata.
Pa`le*o*zo*ˆ"o*gy (?), n. [Paleo- + zoˆlogy.] The science of extinct
animals, a branch of paleontology.
{ Pale"sie (?), Pale"sy }, n. Palsy. [Obs.] Wyclif.
{ Pal`es*tin"i*an (?), Pal`es*tin"e*an (?), } a. Of or pertaining to
Palestine.
Pa*les"tra (?), n.; pl. L. PalestrÊ (#), E. Palestras (#). [NL., fr. L.
palaestra, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to wrestle.] [Written also palÊstra.]
(Antiq.) (a) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for
athletic exercise in general. (b) A wrestling; the exercise of
wrestling.
{ Pa*les"tri*an (?), Pa*les"tric (?), Pa*les"tric*al (?), } a. [L.
palaestricus, Gr. &?;] Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to
wrestling.
Pal"et (?), n. [See Palea.] (Bot.) Same as Palea.
||Pal"e*tot (?), n. [F. paletot, OF. palletoc, prob. fr. L. palla (see
||Palla) + F. toque cap, and so lit., a frock with a cap or hood; cf.
||Sp. paletoque.] (a) An overcoat. Dickens. (b) A lady's outer garment,
||-- of varying fashion.