English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of fossil

fossil

/adjective/ जीवाश्म; पुराना; प्राचीन; शीलीभूत;
/noun/खनिज पदार्थ;

Synonym outdated; primordial; minerals;

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English Dictionary:

1. Fossil

[a.]

- Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
- Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.

2. Fossil

[n.]

- A substance dug from the earth.
- The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
- A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.