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Meaning of fossilist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A fossil collector, or a paleontologist.

obsolete

Examples

“In a work⟳ lately published by an eminent fossilist, I have⟳ met with an opinion, that all the spoils of terrestrial and submarine productions which we find⟳ buried in the strata in this country over the chalk, have⟳ been transported from distant climates, and have⟳ been deposited in a tumultuous manner by some great convulsion that blended them in one common grave.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

fossility Fossilization Fossilizations Fossilize Fossilized fossilized lightning

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