"fossilizer" meaning in All languages combined

See fossilizer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fossilizers [plural]
Etymology: From fossilize + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fossilize|er|id2=agent noun}} fossilize + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fossilizer (plural fossilizers)
  1. That which causes or undergoes fossilization.

Inflected forms

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