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subˈfossil, a.
[f. sub- 21 + fossil a.]
Partly fossilized.
1832H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man (ed. 2) 161 A bed containing sub-fossil shells. 1851Woodward Mollusca 130 Struthiolaria:..Australia and New Zealand, where alone it occurs sub-fossil. 1856Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. ix. 171 When petrifaction has not taken place, and the organism is merely embedded in superficial clays and gravels, the term sub⁓fossil is that more properly applied. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life ii. xix. 389 A small sub-fossil hippopotamus.
So subˈfossil n., a partly fossilized substance.
1873Geikie Gt. Ice Age App. 516 Sub-fossils. |