fossilizer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fossilize +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

fossilizer (plural fossilizers)

  1. That which causes or undergoes fossilization.
    • 2007, Rupert Watson, The African Baobab, page 14:
      Because their wood contains so much water, and fallen baobabs decompose so quickly, the trees are poor fossilizers.
    • 2015, Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy, The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition:
      When they refuse, she turns her fossilizer ray on them then returns to the 25th century to dig them up.