steinkern

[ shtahyn-kern, -kurn, stahyn- ]
/ ˈʃtaɪnˌkɛrn, -ˌkɜrn, ˈstaɪn- /

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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Origin of steinkern

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

Words nearby steinkern

steinem, gloria, steiner, steinert's disease, steinheim man, steinitz, steinkern, steinman, steinmetz, steinway, stela, stelazine
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