Fossil and Remains

Fossil

Fossil noun - The remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil.

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Remains and fossil are semantically related. in fossilized remains topic. In some cases you can use "Remains" instead a noun "Fossil".

Nearby Words: fossilized, fossilised, fossilize

Remains noun - The portion or bits of something left over or behind after it has been destroyed.

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Fossil and remains are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Fossil" with "Remains", this nouns are similar.

human	human fossil	human remains
old	old fossil	old remains
actual	actual fossil	actual remains
incomplete	incomplete fossil	incomplete remains
Other adjectives: last, undead.

Realistically, an actual fossil is nothing more than lithified remains, and little if any actual genetic material will have survived.

Source: Fossil Revival
Fossil Revival: Kilimanjaro was created with fossilized remains and beetles.

Source: Visual Novel / Rewrite
And civilian technology remains exactly the same as real life, down to the four-wheeled road-bound fossil-fuel-powered internal-combustion-engine driven cars.

Source: Reed Richards Is Useless

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