AllWords.com Home
English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search

 
  
Your Query of 'living fossil' Resulted in 1 Matches
Displaying Items 1 through 1
Definitions
living fossil
noun 
  1. Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living.
The coelacanth and the dawn redwood are living fossils.
  1. Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
Crocodiles are living fossils that haven't changed their appearance much in millions of years.
     
 
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish

Google
 

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 
  

Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2008 Allsites LLC. All rights reserved.