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chemofossil

chemofossil noun: a fossil that consists only of chemicals remaining from the decomposition of a living organism.

Noun

chemofossil (plural chemofossils)

  1. A fossil that consists only of chemicals remaining from the decomposition of a living organism.

Forms of chemofossil

pluralchemofossils

Origin of chemofossil

From chemo- + fossil.

Questions about chemofossil

What does chemofossil mean?
Chemofossil means a fossil that consists only of chemicals remaining from the decomposition of a living organism.
What part of speech is chemofossil?
Chemofossil is a noun.
What is the plural of chemofossil?
The plural of chemofossil is chemofossils.

Words near chemofossil in the dictionary

  1. chemoexpulsion
  2. chemoexpulsions
  3. chemofilter
  4. chemofilters
  5. chemofog
  6. chemofossil
  7. chemofossils
  8. chemogenetic
  9. chemogenetically
  10. chemogenetics
  11. chemogenomic

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