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n.
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.
a.
Fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
n.
A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds.
n.
A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet.
v. t.
To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
a.
Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.
imp. & p. p.
of Fossilize
a.
Containing or composed of fossils.
n.
The process of becoming fossil.
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The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
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One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry.
v. t.
To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Fossilize
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Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
n.
One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.
n.
See Fossa.
v. i.
To become fossil.
n.
The science or state of fossils.
n. pl.
See Fossores.
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Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions.
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