fossilized
Americanadjective
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(of the remains of an organism) having organic substances replaced with mineral ones; converted into a fossil.
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rigidly antiquated.
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having become the lifeless or disused remains of something; being merely a trace of the past.
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He even ground lenses from fossilized resin to study color effects as part of his work on color theory.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
The fossilized bones provide clues about how Kank may have hunted.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
To overcome this, researchers focused on fossilized jaws, a part of the body more likely to survive over millions of years, to uncover clues about their early evolution.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Are they fossilized Martian microbes that lived billions of years ago when the planet next door was a wetter, warmer world?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
While the debris of ancient village sites does not include fossilized words along with bones and pottery, it does reveal movements of people and cultural artifacts that could be associated with languages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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