Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fossil
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Fossil
fossil
I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~is obtained by digging, from fodere to dig — more at bed Date: 1604 1. preserved from a past geologic age ~ plants ~ water in an underground reservoir 2. being or resembling a ~ 3. of or relating to ~ fuel II. noun Date: 1736 1. a remnant, impression, or trace of an organism of past geologic ages that has been preserved in the earth's crust — compare living ~ 2. a. a person whose views are outmoded ; fogy b. something (as a theory) that has become rigidly fixed 3. an old word or word element preserved only by idiom (as fro in to and fro)
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n. & adj. --n. 1 the remains or impression of a (usu. prehistoric) plant or animal hardened in rock (often attrib. : fossil bones; fossil shells). 2 colloq. an antiquated or unchanging person or thing. 3 a word that has become obsolete except in set phrases or forms, e.g. hue in hue and cry. --adj. 1 of or like a fossil. 2 antiquated; out of date. Phrases and idioms fossil fuel a natural fuel such as coal or gas formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. fossil ivory see IVORY. Derivatives fossiliferous adj. fossilize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise). fossilization n. Etymology: F fossile f. L fossilis f. fodere foss- dig ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. окаменелость; ископаемое; ископаемые остатки; органические остатки или их отпечатки 2. разг. "ископаемое", человек с устаревшими воззрениями, консервативными взглядами 3. разг. допотопная вещь 4. pl. сл. родители, "предки" 5. окаменелый, ископаемый amber is fossil resin —- янтарь - это ископаемая смола fossil coal —- каменный уголь fossil flax —- мин. асбест fossil oil —- нефть fossil wax —- озокерит, горный воск 6. разг. устарелый, допотопный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun окаменелость, ископаемое (тж. перен.) 2. adj. 1) окаменелый, ископаемый 2) старомодный, допотопный ...Англо-русский словарь
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(fossils) A fossil is the hard remains of a prehistoric animal or plant that are found inside a rock. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 an animal or plant that died many thousands of years ago and that has been preserved in rock (fossils of early reptiles) (- see also living fossil) 2 informal an insulting word for an old person ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1619, "obtained by digging" (adj.), from Fr. fossile, from L. fossilis "dug up," from fossus, pp. of fodere "to dig." Sense of "geological remains of a plant or animal" is from 1736; slang meaning "old person" first recorded 1850s. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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