Usually means: Study of decay, fossilization processes.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. taphonomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. taphonomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. taphonomy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. taphonomy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. taphonomy: Wiktionary
  6. taphonomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. taphonomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. taphonomy: Dictionary.com
  9. Taphonomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. taphonomy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. taphonomy: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. taphonomy: Natural History Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (taphonomy)

noun:  The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization.

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