单词 | living fossil |
释义 | living fossilnounan organism that is a living example of an otherwise extinct group and that has remained virtually unchanged in structure and function over a long period of time, as the coelacanth and the horseshoe crab. Origin of living fossilFirst recorded in 1920–25 Words nearby living fossilliving, living bandage, living bank, living daylights, living death, living fossil, living history, living picture, living room, living soul, living standard Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for living fossilliving fossil nounan animal or plant, such as the coelacanth and ginkgo, belonging to a group most of whose members are extinct Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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