Fossil+remains
41fossil — Any remains or traces of animals or plants that lived in the prehistoric past, whether bone, cast, track, imprint, pollen, or any other evidence of their existence [23] …
42fossil — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
43fossil fuel — fuels formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived in an earlier era (coal, petroleum, natural gas) …
44fossil fuel — noun a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms …
45fossil — [ fɒs(ə)l, sɪl] noun 1》 the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form. 2》 humorous an antiquated person or thing. 3》 a word or phrase that has become obsolete except in set phrases or… …
46fossil — noun we could detect fossils in the cornerstone of the building Syn: petrified remains, petrified impression, remnant, relic …
47fossil fuel — fos′sil fu el n. ene any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life • Etymology: 1835–45 …
48fossil man — noun : man known only from fossilized skeletal remains …
49Ehringsdorf remains — ▪ human fossil human fossils found between 1908 and 1925 near Weimar, Germany. The most complete fossils consist of a fragmented braincase and lower jaw of an adult and the lower jaw, trunk, and arm bones of a child. The skull was found… …
50Polystrate fossil — [ Nova Scotia, Canada (printed 1868).] Polystrate or upright fossil describes fossils of single organisms (such as tree trunks) that run through more than one geological strata. Entire fossil forests have been discovered [… …
