fosilio

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Fosilio de trilobulo

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fossilis. Doublet of fosi.

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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: fo‧si‧li‧o

Noun

fosilio (accusative singular fosilion, plural fosilioj, accusative plural fosiliojn)

  1. (paleontology, geology) fossil
    • 2008 May, Jomo Ipfelkofer, “Fosilioj en suda Germanio”, in Monato, →ISSN, page 18:
      Fosilio de la mondvaste konata „pra-birdo” arkeopterigo troviĝas en la Londona Naturhistoria Muzeo (fondita el parto de la Brita Muzeo), kiu ĝin aĉetis tuj post ĝia malkovro en 1861.
      A fossil of the world-famous "protobird" archeopteryx is found in the London Natural History Museum (founded from part of the British Museum), which bought it immediately after its discovery in 1861.