Usually means: Preserved remains of ancient organisms.
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  1. fossilised: Merriam-Webster
  2. fossilised: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. Fossilised, fossilised: Wordnik
  5. fossilised: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. fossilised: Wiktionary
  7. fossilised: Dictionary.com
  8. Fossilised: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. fossilised: Rhymezone
  10. fossilised: FreeDictionary.org
  11. fossilised: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fossilized. [In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.]

Similar:
fossilized, fossil, fossilisation, carbonised, iguanodon, dinosaur, ichthyosaur, ammonite, prehistoric, subfossil, more...

Opposite:
unfossilized, unpetrified, unpreserved, unmineralized

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Similar:
fossilized, fossil, fossilisation, carbonised, iguanodon, dinosaur, ichthyosaur, ammonite, prehistoric, subfossil, more...

Opposite:
unfossilized, unpetrified, unpreserved, unmineralized



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