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fossilized

[fahs-uh-lahyzd] / ˈfɑs əˌlaɪzd /
ADJECTIVE
ossified
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
petrified
Synonyms


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Tada and his colleagues set out to reconstruct the soft tissues hidden within the fossilized bone.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

To better understand what filled that space, researchers including a team from the University of Tokyo analyzed CT scans of fossilized Triceratops skulls.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2026

The frequent appearance of animated creatures suggests someone was quite fond of the CGI available, but the 3-D images of fossilized remains on the screens of the biological historians—and how they read them—are consistently fascinating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Her fossilized sea urchin, from a beach on the Red Sea, “responds by radiating its own inner joy at being found and loved too,” whispering: “We are two cyclical beings, each with their own story.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

It had a mammoth’s fossilized footprint and rock candy in the gift shop.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley