| ENDOPOLYPLOID | • endopolyploid adj. Exhibiting or relating to endopolyploidy. • endopolyploid n. Any organism that exhibits endopolyploidy. • ENDOPOLYPLOID adj. relating to endopolyploidy. |
| OSCILLOSCOPES | • oscilloscopes n. Plural of oscilloscope. • OSCILLOSCOPE n. an instrument for detecting electrical fluctuations. |
| PALAEOBIOLOGY | • palaeobiology n. The scientific study of prehistoric life, especially of those aspects pertaining to living systems. • palæobiology n. Archaic spelling of paleobiology. • PALAEOBIOLOGY n. the study of fossil plants and animals, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY. |
| PALAEOECOLOGY | • palaeoecology n. The study of past ecologies by using the evidence of fossils. • PALAEOECOLOGY n. the study of early ecology. |
| PALAEONTOLOGY | • palaeontology n. Britain standard spelling of paleontology. • palæontology n. Obsolete typography of palaeontology. • PALAEONTOLOGY n. the study of fossils, also PALEONTOLOGY. |
| PALAEOZOOLOGY | • palaeozoology n. Alternative form of paleozoology. • PALAEOZOOLOGY n. the study of fossil animals, also PALEOZOOLOGY. |
| PALEOBIOLOGIC | • paleobiologic adj. Alternative spelling of palaeobiologic. • PALEOBIOLOGIC adj. relating to paleobiology, also PALEOBIOLOGICAL. |
| PALEOECOLOGIC | • paleoecologic adj. Paleoecological. • PALEOECOLOGIC adj. relating to paleoecology, also PALEOECOLOGICAL. |
| PALEONTOLOGIC | • paleontologic adj. Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of paleontology. • PALEONTOLOGIC adj. relating to paleontology, also PALEONTOLOGICAL. |
| POLYCOTYLEDON | • polycotyledon n. (Botany) A plant that has many, or more than two, cotyledons in the seed. • POLYCOTYLEDON n. any of various plants, esp. gymnosperms, that have or appear to have more than two cotyledons. |
| PULMONOLOGIES | • PULMONOLOGY n. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the lungs. |
| SPOROPOLLENIN | • sporopollenin n. (Botany) A combination of biopolymers, observed in the exine layer of the spore and pollen wall. • SPOROPOLLENIN n. a polymer that comprises the exine (outer layer of the wall) of spores and pollen grains. |
| TROPOCOLLAGEN | • tropocollagen n. (Biochemistry) A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other. • TROPOCOLLAGEN n. a subunit of collagen fibrils consisting of three polypeptide strands arranged in a helix. |