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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stein•kern (shtīn′kern′, -kûrn′, stīn′-),USA pronunciation n. [Archaeol.]- Archaeology, Paleontologythe fossilized outline of a hollow organic structure, as a skull or a mollusk shell, formed when mud or sediment consolidated within the structure and the structure itself disintegrated or dissolved. Also called endocast.
- German Steinkern literally, stone, pit (of a fruit), equivalent. to Stein stone + Kern core, kernel
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