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Fossil

Fossil Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fossil? [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 [n] (informal) someone whose style is out of fashion [adj] characteristic of a fossil Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fossil: dodo \| fogey \| fogy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fossil: 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 \| Methuselah \| 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 See Also \| ammonite \| ammonoid \| belemnite \| fucoid \| microfossil \| old person \| oldster \| remains \| senior citizen \| wormcast Fossil In Webster's Dictionary \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. \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.]

Fossil Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fossil?

[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
[n] (informal) someone whose style is out of fashion
[adj] characteristic of a fossil

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fossil: dodo | fogey | fogy

Fossil In Webster's Dictionary

\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.


\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.]

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