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paleo- (pā′lē ō, -ə; chiefly Brit pal′ē ō, -ə)

  1. the Old World Paleotropical
    1. ancient, early, prehistoric, primitive Paleozoic, Paleolithic
    2. involving or dealing with (specified) forms, conditions, phenomena, fossils, etc. of remote, esp. geologic, eras (the following words are examples of this use in compounds)

Etymology: < Gr palaios, ancient < IE base *kwel-, remote > Sans *caramá-, the last, Gr tēle, far, Welsh pell, far

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