steinkern
[ shtahyn-kern, -kurn, stahyn- ]
nounArchaeology.
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.
Origin of steinkern
1- Also called endocast.
Words Nearby steinkern
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