Etymology

steinkern

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Today it means: A fossil formed from sediment that filled a hollow structure such as a shell. Full definition →

German Steinkern
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  1. German · borrowed fromSteinkern
  2. English todaysteinkern

From German Steinkern, from Stein (“stone”) + Kern (“kernel, nucleus”).

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