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Definition of Fossil

1. Noun. Someone whose style is out of fashion.

2. Adjective. Characteristic of a fossil.

3. Noun. 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.

Definition of Fossil

1. a. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

2. n. A substance dug from the earth.

Definition of Fossil

1. the remains of an animal or plant preserved in the earth's crust [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fossil

1. 1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. 2. 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 vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth. Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of amianthus. Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime. Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. 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. 3. The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living. 4. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossil

fosse fosse fossed fosses fossette fossette fossettes fosseway fossick fossicked

fossicker fossickers fossicking fossicks fossil (current term) fossil (current term) fossiliferous fossiliferous fossilification fossilisation

fossilise fossilised fossilises fossilising fossilism fossilist fossilist fossilization fossilization fossilizations

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