Meanings
nounmacrofossil (plural macrofossils)
plural macrofossils
- biologyAny fossil large enough to be examined without a microscope.
The only other identifiable plant macrofossil present was a nutlet of club-rush that was morphologically most similar to grey club-rush (Schoenoplectus cf tabernaemontani). This form of club-rush is most often found near the sea, although it also grows in marshes and dune-slacks.
2017 January 9, Dan Garner, Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 253
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Latinfoss-
- Latinfossili
- Frenchfossile
- Englishfossil
- Englishmacrofossil
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with macrofossil
apostlecolossaljostlewassailhypoglossalaglossalbasiglossalgenioglossalglossalisoglossalmicrofossilnonfossilpalatoglossalpharyngoglossalretroglossalstyloglossalsubfossilsupercolossalthrostlethyroglossal
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
macrofossil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofossil
MLA
“macrofossil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofossil. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macrofossil,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofossil.
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