Usually means: Imprints or remains of organism activity.
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  2. trace fossil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trace fossil: Collins English Dictionary
  4. trace fossil: Wiktionary
  5. trace fossil: Infoplease Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (trace fossil)

noun:  (paleontology) A type of fossil reflecting the reworking of sediments and hard substrates by organisms, rather than the physical remains of the organism itself. This includes structures such as burrows, trails, impressions, coprolites and borings.

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