Definition
| • | Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. |
| • | Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. |
| • | A substance dug from the earth. |
| • | 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 person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. |
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