"fossil record" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: fossil records [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Paleontology Translations (the collective record of fossils): fossielrekord (Afrikaans), rexistro fósil [masculine] (Galician), рее́стр окаменелостей (rejéstr okamenelostej) [masculine] (Russian), registro fósil [masculine] (Spanish), викопні знахідки (vykopni znaxidky) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fossil_record-en-noun-aG1na28s Disambiguation of Paleontology: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'the collective record of fossils': 79 21
  2. The record of preserved evidence for a single species or taxon.
    Sense id: en-fossil_record-en-noun-M45wTaCI

Inflected forms

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