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Palaeocene
- unknown - Earliest epoch of the Tertiary period
Palaeolith
- unknown - A stone tool dating to the Palaeolithic
Palaeology
- noun - the study of (especially prehistoric) antiquities
Palaeotype
- - A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use.
Palaeozoic
- unknown - Relating to or denoting the era between the Precambrian aeon and the Mesozoic era. Formerly called Primary.
Palaestras
- noun - a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
Palmerston
- unknown - Henry John Temple, 3rd. viscount Palmerston - twice UK prime minister under Victoria
Palmerworm
- - Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects. Joel. i. 4. (b) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.
Palmettoes
- noun - any of several low-growing palms with fan-shaped leaves