- Archaeological remains - I floss strange remnant of ancient living creature - Old remnant found in backing of Kelli’s sofa - Petrified remains - Prehistoric remnant - Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt. - Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether
petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.
- An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified
teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts
(thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations;
toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in
the head of a toad.