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   fossil

   /ˈfɒsl/

   noun

   • 1. the remains or impression of a prehistoric plant or animal embedded in rock and preserved in petrified form: "sites rich in fossils"
   • ▪ a person or thing that is outdated or resistant to change: "he can be a cantankerous old fossil at times"
   • ▪ a word or phrase that has become obsolete except in set phrases or forms, e.g. hue in hue and cry.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting a fossilized fish found, and believed to have lived, underground): from French fossile, from Latin fossilis ‘dug up’, from fodere ‘dig’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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