Word Meanings - MILLEPORITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A fossil millepore.

FOSSILIZATION
The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
FOSSIL
Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks. whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells. Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable resin, partly changed by
FOSSILIST
One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist. Joseph Black.
FOSSILIZED
Converted into a fossil; antiquated; firmly fixed in views or opinions. A fossilized sample of confused provincialism. Earle.
MILLEPORE
Any coral of the genus Millepora, having the surface nearly smooth, and perforated with very minute unequal pores, or cells. The animals are hydroids, not Anthozoa. See Hydrocorallia.
FOSSILIZE
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood. 2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her
FOSSILISM
1. The science or state of fossils. Coleridge. 2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
FOSSILIFEROUS
Containing or composed of fossils.
FOSSILIFICATION
The process of becoming fossil.
CORK FOSSIL
A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.