prefossilized

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adjective

Fossilized earlier than surrounding material.

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Meanings

adjectiveprefossilized (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFossilized earlier than surrounding material.

    The kind of fantasy that doesn’t care that human beings and these prefossilized thunder-lizards are usually thought to have been separated by millions of years?

    2007 May 24, Edward Rothstein, “Adam and Eve in the Land of the Dinosaurs”, in New York Times

Origin

From pre- + fossilized.

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Cite this entry
APA

prefossilized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefossilized

MLA

“prefossilized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefossilized. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefossilized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefossilized.

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