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Hindi Word जीवाश्म Meaning in English - Fossil - जीवाश्म अंग्रेज़ी में अर्थ

जीवाश्म Meaning in English is Fossil, which is also written as 'Jīvāśm' in Roman. Other Jīvāśm Meanings in English include Deposit, Eolith, Impression, Reconstruction, Relic, Skeleton, Specimen, Trace, Petrifaction, Neolith and Paleolith etc.

Definitions of Fossil

adj. Dug out of the earth

adj. preserved from a previous geological age; from deep wells; -- usually implying that the object so described has had its substance modified by long residence in the ground, but also used (as with fossil water) in cases where chemical composition is not altered.

adj. Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not.

n. A substance dug from the earth.

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.

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

Form Noun

How To Spell Fossil [fos-uh l]

Origin of Fossil 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’.

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