fossildom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fossil +‎ -dom

Noun[edit]

fossildom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of fossils.
    • 1998, Peter D. Ward, Time Machines: Scientific Explorations in Deep Time, page 9:
      I witnessed the slow burial of dead shells and bones, whose long journey toward fossildom was just beginning.
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