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Fossil
Fossil Fos"sil, n.
1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.]
Note: 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. (Paleon.) 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.
3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely
antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time
rather than with the present. [Colloq.]
FossilFossil Fos"sil, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
2. (Paleon.) 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. --Raymond.
Meaning of FOSSIL from wikipedia
- A
fossil (from
classical Latin fossilis, lit. 'obtained by digging') is any
preserved remains, impression, or
trace of any once-living
thing from a past...
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FOSSIL is a
standard protocol for
allowing serial communication for
telecommunications programs under the DOS
operating system.
FOSSIL is an
acronym for...
- A
fossil fuel is a
flammable carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing
material formed naturally in the Earth's
crust from the
buried remains of prehistoric...
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Fossil Group, Inc., is an
American fashion design and
manufacturer founded in 1984 by Tom
Kartsotis and
based in Richardson, Texas.
Their brands include...
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Fossil water,
fossil groundwater, or
paleowater is an
ancient body of
water that has been
contained in some
undisturbed space,
typically groundwater in...
- be
considered a
living fossil, the
fossil species must be old
relative to the time of
origin of the
extant clade.
Living fossils commonly are of species-poor...
- The
Fossil and Mo-clay
Museum (Danish:
Fossil- og Molermuseet),
located in
northern Mors,
boasts the
largest collection of
moler (diatomite)
fossils in...
- the past,
mainly but not
exclusively through the
study of
fossils.
Paleontologists use
fossils as a
means to
classify organisms,
measure geologic time,...
- Look up
fossil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
fossil is the
mineralized remains of a dead organism.
Fossil may also
refer to:
Fossil (novel), a...
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Fossil is a city in and the
county seat of
Wheeler County, Oregon,
United States. The name was
chosen by the
first postmaster,
Thomas B. Hoover, who had...
