"taphonomy" meaning in All languages combined

See taphonomy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /tæˈfɒnəmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-taphonomy.wav Forms: taphonomies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒnəmi Etymology: From tapho- + -nomy. From Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “grave”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tapho|nomy}} tapho- + -nomy, {{der|en|grc|τάφος||grave}} Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “grave”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} taphonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taphonomies)
  1. The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization. Wikipedia link: taphonomy Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Paleontology Derived forms: histotaphonomy, isotaphonomy, macrotaphonomy, microtaphonomy Related terms: taphonomic, taphonomist, taphotype, taphozone, taphology Translations (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death): tafonomia [feminine] (Catalan), 埋藏學 (Chinese Mandarin), 埋藏学 (máicángxué) (Chinese Mandarin), 化石形成學 (Chinese Mandarin), 化石形成学 (huàshíxíngchéngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), tafonomia (Finnish), taphonomie [feminine] (French), Taphonomie [feminine] (German), tafonomia [feminine] (Italian), тафономия (tafonomiä) (Kazakh), тафоно́мия (tafonómija) [feminine] (Russian), tafonomija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tafonomía [feminine] (Spanish), tafonomi [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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