fossil : Idioms & Phrases

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cork fossil

Cork" fos`sil
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.
Webster 1913

Fossil copal

  • noun partly mineralized copal dug from the ground
    copalite; copaline.
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  • a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.
Webster 1913

Fossil cork, flax, paper, ∨ wood

  • varieties of amianthus.
Webster 1913

Fossil farina

  • a soft carbonate of lime.
Webster 1913

fossil fuel

  • noun fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
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fossil oil

  • noun a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
    crude oil; oil; petroleum; crude; rock oil.
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Fossil ore

  • fossiliferous red hematite.
Webster 1913

guide fossil

  • noun a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found
    guide fossil.
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index fossil

  • noun a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found
    guide fossil.
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