Fossil

Fossil

(1): ( a.) Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.

(2): ( n.) The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.

(3): ( n.) A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.

(4): ( n.) A substance dug from the earth.

(5): ( a.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.