Fossil Meaning in Spanish
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Definition & Synonyms
• Fossil
Definition & Meaning
- (a.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.
- (n.) A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.
- (n.) A substance dug from the earth.
- (a.) Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
- (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.
• Fossiliferous
Definition & Meaning
- (a.) Containing or composed of fossils.
• Fossilification
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) The process of becoming fossil.
• Fossilism
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
- (n.) The science or state of fossils.
• Fossilist
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.
• Fossilization
Definition & Meaning
- (n.) The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
• Fossilize
Definition & Meaning
- (v. i.) To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
- (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden.
- (v. t.) To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
- (v. i.) To become fossil.
• Fossilized
Definition & Meaning
- (a.) Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions.
- (imp. & p. p.) of Fossilize
• Fossilizing
Definition & Meaning
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fossilize
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