Look up: fossil

1. fossil
   Any evidence of past life, including remains, traces, imprints as well as life history artifacts. Examples of artifacts include fossilized bird's nests, bee hives, etc.
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2. Fossil
   Fossils are mineralized impressions or casts of ancient plants and animals (or their traces, like footprints). Fossils have been found on every continent on Earth. The word fossils comes from theLatin word fossilis, which means dug up (fossus is the past participle of the verb fodere, which means to dig).
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3. fossil
   (Variation and inheritance) hardened remains or impression of an organism that existed in the geological past
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4. Fossil
   Any remains, trace, or imprint of an organism that has been preserved in the Earth's crust.
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5. fossil
   [adj] - characteristic of a fossil 2. [n] - the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
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6. FOSSIL
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7. Fossil
   A dead organism that has been trapped in mud and whose body has not completely rotted away.
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8. Fossil
   remains of organic materials, subsequently buried within the earth`s crust, often carbonized as a result of intense heat and / or pressure.
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9. Fossil
   Fossils are the remains of plants and animals which lived on the Earth during the geological past and are now preserved in the rocks
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10. fossil
    any remains,impression or trace of an animal or plant of past geological ages that has been preserved in the earth`s crust Category: History, ethnology, manners and customs • (Of wood)preserved in mineralised or petrified form from a past geological age. Category: Botany and zoology
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11. Fossil
    Fos'sil adjective [ Latin fossilis , from fodere to dig: confer French fossile . See Fosse .] 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to ...
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12. Fossil
    Fos'sil noun 1. A substance dug from the earth. [ Obsolete] » Formerly all minerals were called fossils , but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth. Ure. 2....
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13. fossil
    1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. ... 2. <paleontology> Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. Whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegeta...
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14. fossil
    adjective characteristic of a fossil
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15. Fossil
    • (a.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. • (n.) A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. • (n.) A substance dug from the e...
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16. fossil
    remnant, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a past geologic age that has been preserved in the Earth`s crust. The complex of data ... [38 related articles]
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17. fossil
    fossil The remains, impression, or other evidence of a plant or an animal of a former geologic age; especially, parts that are petrified (converted to stone).
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18. Fossil
    Geologically preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past.
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19. FOSSIL
    The remains or traces of animals or plants preserved in rocks or sediments.
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20. fossil
    
    • (informal) someone whose style is out of fashion
    • the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
    
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21. fossil
    fossil, remains or imprints of plants or animals preserved from prehistoric times by the operation of natural conditions. Fossils are found in sedimentary rock, asphalt deposits, and coal and sometimes in amber and certain other materials. The scientific study of fossils is paleontology. Not until c...
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22. Fossil
    Fossils are the recognizable remains, such as bones, shells, or leaves, or other evidence, such as tracks, burrows, or impressions, of past life on Earth.
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23. fossil
    Click images to enlargeCast, impression, or the actual remains of an animal or plant preserved in rock. Dead animals and plant remains that fell to the bottom of the sea bed or an inland lake were gradually buried under the accumulation of layers of sediment. Over millions of years, the sediment became sedimentary rock an...
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24. fossil
    (L: fodere=to dig; fossil=dug up) the remains of an organism, or the direct evidence of its presences, preserved in rocks. Usually only the hard parts are preserved. Fossilisation is the process by which fossils are formed. See time table.
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25. fossil
    The petrified remains of an organism
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