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cast fossils

cast fossils is the plural of cast fossil.

Meaning of cast fossil

Noun

cast fossil (plural cast fossils)

  1. A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions; minerals gradually enter into the cavity, resulting in a cast, which is in the general form of the original organism.

Questions about cast fossils

What is cast fossils the plural of?
Cast fossils is the plural of cast fossil.

Words near cast fossils in the dictionary

  1. cast back
  2. cast caution to the wind
  3. cast dispersions
  4. cast down
  5. cast fossil
  6. cast fossils
  7. cast in concrete
  8. cast in one's lot with
  9. cast in someone's teeth
  10. cast iron
  11. Cast Iron Shore

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