单词	transitional fossil
释义	transitional fossil noun : a fossil that exhibits characteristics of both ancestral and derived forms During the past 30 years, new discoveries and reinvestigations of long-forgotten specimens have coalesced into a flood of transitional fossils. Paleontologists have unearthed walking whales from Pakistan, feathered dinosaurs from China … Courier News (Bridgewater, New Jersey), 27 Feb. 2011 However, although the mammal and bird origins are both documented by numerous transitional fossils, turtles appear abruptly. Michael S. Y. Lee, Science, 24 Sept. 1993 Word History First Known Use 1850, in the meaning defined above
随便看	curse out curse word cursed cursed crowfoot cursed out cursed thistle in extenso in extremis in face of in fact in fairness in fashion in favor in favor of in fear for one's life in fear for one's/someone's life in fear for someone's life in fear of one's life in fee in fine in fine fettle in fits in fits and starts in flagrante in flagrante de

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