Fossil

Noun

 * 1) The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
 * 2)  Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
 * 3)  A fossilized term.
 * 4)  Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.

Derived terms

 * fossil fuel
 * fossiliferous
 * fossilisation, fossilization
 * fossilise, fossilize
 * ichnofossil
 * index fossil
 * living fossil
 * mesofossil
 * microfossil
 * trace fossil

Adjectives for Fossil
Paleozoic; contained; stone-pervaded; mammalian; minute; significant.

Thesaurus
Methuselah, afterglow, afterimage, ancient manuscript, antediluvian, antique, antiquity, archaism, artifact, back number, balance, butt, butt end, candle ends, cave painting, chaff, conservative, dad, debris, detritus, dodo, elder, end, eolith, fag end, filings, fogy, fud, fuddy-duddy, granny, has-been, holdover, husks, leavings, leftovers, longhair, matriarch, mezzolith, microlith, mid-Victorian, mossback, neolith, odds and ends, offscourings, old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man, old poop, old woman, old-timer, orts, paleolith, parings, patriarch, petrification, petrified forest, petrified wood, petroglyph, plateaulith, pop, pops, rags, reactionary, refuse, regular old fogy, relic, relics, reliquiae, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruin, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scraps, shadow, shavings, square, starets, stick-in-the-mud, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, trace, traditionalist, vestige, waste

Translations

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 * Icelandic: steingervingur
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 * Japanese:
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 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: fosilă
 * Russian:, ископаемое
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, taşıl


 * Italian:


 * Romanian: fosilă


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 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: fosilă


 * Croatian:
 * Danish: oldtidslevning
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 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: fosilă
 * Russian: ископаемое


 * : fossiil

Etymology 1
From fossilis:, from fossa:.

Adjective

 * 1) fossil

Etymology 2
From fossile:.

Noun

 * 1) fossil

Adjective

 * 1) fossil

Adjective

 * 1) fossil

Noun

 * 1) a fossil