fossil

English Thesaurus

1. the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil (noun.object)

hypernym	:	remains,
definition	:	any object that is left unused or still extant (noun.object)

hyponym	:	fucoid,
definition	:	a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	belemnite,
definition	:	a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ammonite, ammonoid,
definition	:	one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks (noun.object)

hyponym	:	guide fossil, index fossil,
definition	:	a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found (noun.object)

hyponym	:	microfossil,
definition	:	a fossil that must be studied microscopically (noun.object)

hyponym	:	wormcast,
definition	:	fossil trail of a worm (noun.object)

2. someone whose style is out of fashion (noun.person)

hypernym	:	golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen,
definition	:	an elderly person (noun.person)

domain usage	:	colloquialism,
definition	:	a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication)

3. the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil (noun.object)

derivation	:	fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist,
definition	:	a specialist in paleontology (noun.person)

derivation	:	fossilise, fossilize,
definition	:	convert to a fossil (verb.change)

4. characteristic of a fossil (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	fossil,
definition	:	the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil (noun.object)

5. the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil (noun.object)

derivation	:	fossilist, palaeontologist, paleontologist,
definition	:	a specialist in paleontology (noun.person)

derivation	:	fossilise, fossilize,
definition	:	convert to a fossil (verb.change)

6. characteristic of a fossil (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	fossil,
definition	:	the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil (noun.object)