fos·sil /ˈfɑsəl/
 化石,古物(a.)化石的,陳腐的,守舊的


 Fos·sil a.
 1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
 3. Paleon. Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.
 Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.
 Fossil cork, Fossil flax, Fossil paper, or  Fossil wood, varieties of amianthus.
 Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.
 Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite.


 Fos·sil, n.
 1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.]
 Note: ☞ Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word is now restricted to express the remains of animals and plants found buried in the earth.
 2. Paleon. 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. A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present. [Colloq.]

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 fossil
      adj : characteristic of a fossil
      n 1: someone whose style is out of fashion [syn: dodo, fogy,
           fogey]
      2: 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