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.

Words nearby steinkern

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

Origin of steinkern

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

Also called endocast.