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fossildom

fossildom noun: the realm or sphere of fossils.

Noun

fossildom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of fossils.
    • I witnessed the slow burial of dead shells and bones, whose long journey toward fossildom was just beginning.1998, Peter D. Ward, Time Machines: Scientific Explorations in Deep Time, page 9

Origin of fossildom

From fossil + -dom.

Questions about fossildom

What does fossildom mean?
Fossildom means the realm or sphere of fossils.
What part of speech is fossildom?
Fossildom is a noun.

Words near fossildom in the dictionary

  1. fossil words
  2. fossilate
  3. fossilated
  4. fossilates
  5. fossilating
  6. fossildom
  7. fossiled
  8. fossilhood
  9. fossiliferous
  10. fossiliferously
  11. fossilification

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