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Definition fossil in British English

fossil noun

[countable] noun
/ˈfɒs(ə)l/
1

an animal or plant, or a part of one, that lived many thousands of years ago and is preserved in rock or as a piece of rock

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fossils of shellfish

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2

an insulting word for someone who is old and has old-fashioned ideas

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Definition fossil in British English