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fossil records

fossil records is the plural of fossil record.

Meaning of fossil record

Noun

fossil record (plural fossil records)

  1. The collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history.
    • Paleontologists study the fossil record.
  2. The record of preserved evidence for a single species or taxon.
    • Trilobites have an extensive fossil record.

Questions about fossil records

What is fossil records the plural of?
Fossil records is the plural of fossil record.

Words near fossil records in the dictionary

  1. fossil fuel
  2. fossil fuels
  3. fossil gas
  4. fossil oil
  5. fossil record
  6. fossil records
  7. fossil resin
  8. fossil twister
  9. fossil twisters
  10. fossil water
  11. fossil waters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fossil records (page history and authors); fossil record (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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