steinkern

[ shtahyn-kern, -kurn, stahyn- ]

/ ˈʃtaɪnˌkɛrn, -ˌkɜrn, ˈstaɪn- /

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noun Archaeology.

the fossilized outline of a hollow organic structure, as a skull or a mollusk shell, formed when mud or sediment consolidated within the structure and the structure itself disintegrated or dissolved.

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Also called endocast.

Origin of steinkern

<German Steinkern literally, stone, pit (of a fruit), equivalent to Steinstone + Kern core, kernel

Words nearby steinkern

Steiner, Steinert's disease, Stein, Gertrude, Steinheim man, Steinitz, steinkern, Stein-Leventhal syndrome, Steinman, Steinmetz, Steinway, stela