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paleo- — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • paleo noun A way of eating based on foods thought to have been available to hunter-gatherers — meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds — while excluding grains, pulses, dairy, refined sugar and processed foods.

Senses

paleo- is used for these senses in English:

  • paleo- Old; ancient or primitive.
  • paleo- Related to paleontology.

paleo — full definition

  1. noun A way of eating based on foods thought to have been available to hunter-gatherers — meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds — while excluding grains, pulses, dairy, refined sugar and processed foods.
  2. adjective Following, or suitable for, that way of eating.
  3. adjective Relating to the distant past, as a shortening of palaeolithic or a prefix in words such as palaeontology.

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