(geology) Of a geologic era within the Phanerozoic eon that comprises the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian periods from about 542 to 250 million years ago, from the age of trilobites to that of reptiles.

(geology) The Paleozoic era.

One of the seven hills of Rome; the site of the earliest settlement. / A village in Cook County, Illinois. / A hamlet in County Carlow, Ireland. / A town in Montgomery County, New York.

(anatomy) Either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae, in humans are of extremely irregular form, and make up parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate.

(historical) (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign. / (of a territory) Subject to palatine authority.

A feudal lord (ellipsis of count palatine.) or a bishop possessing palatine powers. / A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. / (historical) Ellipsis of county palatine..

(historical) A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders.

(anatomy) Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.

(anatomy) Ellipsis of palatine bone..

A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BC; the Old Stone Age.