fosilio
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Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin fossilis. Doublet of fosi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fosilio (accusative singular fosilion, plural fosilioj, accusative plural fosiliojn)
- (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.