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fossil
[ fos-uhl ]
noun
- any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- a markedly outdated or old-fashioned person or thing.
- a linguistic form that is archaic except in certain restricted contexts, as nonce in for the nonce, or that follows a rule or pattern that is no longer productive, as the sentence So be it.
adjective
- of the nature of a fossil:
fossil insects.
- belonging to a past epoch or discarded system; antiquated:
a fossil approach to economics.
fossil
/ ˈ´ÚÉ’²õÉ™±ô /
noun
- a relic, remnant, or representation of an organism that existed in a past geological age, or of the activity of such an organism, occurring in the form of mineralized bones, shells, etc, as casts, impressions, and moulds, and as frozen perfectly preserved organisms
- ( as modifier )
fossil insects
- informal.
- a person, idea, thing, etc, that is outdated or incapable of change
- ( as modifier )
fossil politicians
- linguistics a form once current but now appearing only in one or two special contexts, as for example stead , which is found now only in instead ( of ) and in phrases like in his stead
- obsolete.any rock or mineral dug out of the earth
fossil
/ ´ÚŲõ′ə±ô /
- The remains or imprint of an organism from a previous geologic time. A fossil can consist of the preserved tissues of an organism, as when encased in amber, ice, or pitch, or more commonly of the hardened relic of such tissues, as when organic matter is replaced by dissolved minerals. Hardened fossils are often found in layers of sedimentary rock and along the beds of rivers that flow through them.
- See also index fossil
fossil
- The evidence in rock of the presence of a plant or an animal from an earlier geological period. Fossils are formed when minerals in groundwater replace materials in bones and tissue, creating a replica in stone of the original organism or of their tracks. The study of fossils is the domain of paleontology . The oldest fossils (of bacteria ) are 3.8 billion years old.
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- ´Ú´Ç²õs¾±±ô·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
- ²õ³Ü²ú·´Ú´Ç²õs¾±±ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fossil1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of fossil1
Example Sentences
Important fossil discoveries have been made on Skye over the last 40 years.
The average flow of the river has shrunk about 20% since 2000, and scientists have estimated that roughly half of that decline has been caused by global warming driven by the burning of fossil fuels.
Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with Israel and raising money from "the super rich and fossil fuel elite" to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning.
Trump — who received record donations from fossil fuel companies during his presidential campaign — in recent weeks has also vowed to ramp up the production of coal.
JSO is a UK-based environmental activist group that aims to end fossil fuel extraction and uses direct action to draw attention to its cause.
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