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adjective(fos-sil)preserved from a past geologic age
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adjective(fos-sil)being or resembling a fossil
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adjective(fos-sil)of or relating to fossil fuel
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noun(fos-sil)a remnant, impression, or trace of an organism of past geologic ages that has been preserved in the earth's crust
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noun(fos-sil)a person whose views are outmoded : fogy
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noun(fos-sil)something (such as a theory) that has become rigidly fixed
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noun(fos-sil)a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains
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geographical name(fos-sil)site containing aquatic fossils in southwestern Wyoming
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noun(fos-sil)a fossil usually with a narrow time range and wide spatial distribution that is used in the identification of related geologic formations
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noun(fos-sil)an organism (such as a horseshoe crab or a ginkgo tree) that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct
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noun(fos-sil)a fossil (as of a dinosaur footprint) that shows the activity of an animal or plant but is not formed from the organism itself
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geographical name(fos-sil)reservation along the Niobrara River in western Nebraska
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geographical name(fos-sil)reservation in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado
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geographical name(fos-sil)site in southern Idaho along the Snake River