"microfossil" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: microfossils [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsəl Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English fossil English microfossil From micro- + fossil. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-|fossil|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English fossil English microfossil [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "small", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "little", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*mey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "μικρός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fossil", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "microfossil", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="microfossil"> From micro- + fossil. Head templates: {{en-noun}} microfossil (plural microfossils)
  1. A microscopic fossil. Related terms: mesofossil, micropaleontology Translations (microscopic fossil): microfòssil [masculine] (Catalan), microfossiel [neuter] (Dutch), microfossile [masculine] (French), Mikrofossil [neuter] (German), mikrofosil (Indonesian), microfossile [masculine] (Italian), microfóssil [masculine] (Portuguese), микроокамене́лость (mikrookamenélostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), microfósil [masculine] (Spanish), mikrofossil [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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