fossil
Meaning of fossil
noun
- the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form.
sites rich in fossils
a fossil fish
mid 16th century (denoting a fossilized fish found, and believed to have lived, underground): from French fossile, from Latin fossilis ‘dug up’, from fodere ‘dig’.
Information about fossil
- It is a name.
- The plural form of fossil is: fossils.
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Hyphenation of fossil
fos-sil
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- fossil is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
fossil synonyms
Meaning dodo:
Meaning an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould:
Meaning an idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence:
Meaning a hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens:
Meaning a part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed:
Meaning an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest:
Meaning remains:
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Words that rhyme with fossil
Cassil, eassil, dessil, scissil, dossil, macrofossil, microfossil, nannofossil, nanofossil, nonfossil, pseudofossil, semifossil, subfossil, mofussil
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