Fossil

Fossil
Fossil Fos"sil, n. 1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Note: Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth. --Ure. [1913 Webster]

2. (Paleon.) 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. [1913 Webster]

3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]


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