fossil
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈfɑsəl/
- Specialized
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fósil
- As a matter of fact, I came out to this university from Cambridge precisely so that I could get up into these mountains and research some unusual fossil imprints that I found in the abandoned mines 15 hundred feet under the earth.
- fossil record
- fossil remains
- rich in fossils
I have excavated those fossils when I was in school.
- I have excavated those fossils when I was in school.
- So we have a, a fossil called the Turkana boy.
- So are you able to extract the genome from these fossils or any anything like that?
- But they can also contain other fossils.
- In, in in Victorian times, in Darwin's own time, there were there were no fossils to speak of.
- And like fossils of sea life at the tops of mountains.
- But you don't get, yeah, well, not in my experience, fossils.
Examples
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They found fossils like this when they first broke ground.
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But now if you look at each one of those squares represents a fossil specimen.
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Every fossil tells a story!
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The peculiar fossil record of Central Park.
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"Once you began to expose a fossil, you had to continue, or risk losing it.
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Yes, yes, a perfectly preserved fossil.
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Now, if I could find some fossils, I would be extremely happy.
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Perhaps because of the large number and the quality of fossils left.
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Well, there's nothing like them in the fossil record.
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The paleontologist carefully examined the fossil to learn more about the ancient creature.
Synonyms
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4.1
An example people keep for study, like a plant or animal
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5.5
Old objects found in the ground that tell us about the past
Very small remains of plants or animals seen with a microscope
Compounds
- Specialized
A dark natural oil from ancient plants and animals that people use for fuel and products
- UK
A fossil that lived in many places for a short time and shows the age of rock layers
- Specialized
A fossil of an animal or plant that lived in one time period and helps identify and date rock layers
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fossil comes from the Latin fossilis, which means 'dug up' and comes from a root that means 'to dig'. So a fossil is the remains of a very old plant or animal that was preserved in rock and later dug out.