fossilized
adjective C2- In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
- Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
- Having become a fossil; no longer productive.
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Mary noticed, for example, that certain stones often found inside ichthyosaur skeletons contained fish bones and scales when broken open, and concluded that they were fossilized droppings.
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