[ˈfɒsl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form
(e.g: sites rich in fossils)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting a fossilized fish found, and believed to have lived, underground): from French fossile, from Latin fossilis ‘dug up’, from fodere ‘dig’