Fossil and Specimen

Fossil

Fossil noun - A person with old-fashioned ideas.

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Specimen and fossil are semantically related. in organic remains of a previous time topic. In some cases you can use "Specimen" instead a noun "Fossil".

Nearby Words: fossilized, fossilised, fossilize

Specimen

Specimen noun - A member of the human race.

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Synonyms for Specimen

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

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How words are described

perfect	perfect fossil	perfect specimen
complete	complete fossil	complete specimen
single	single fossil	single specimen
last	last fossil	last specimen
Other adjectives: previous, discovered, largest.

Both words in one sentence

Marsh famously named the second Apatosaurus specimen he discovered Brontosaurus, and outfitted it with a fossil skull that in reality belonged to a different dinosaur.

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Other
What makes this example so strange is the fact that the fossil you revive the animal from is clearly the famous Berlin specimen Archaeopteryx meaning that they could have just made it "Archaeopteryx" instead.

Source: Video Game / Zoo Tycoon
Its name means "Egg Thief" because the first fossil specimen was found right next to a clutch of eggs and thus scientists presumed it was stealing them for food.

Source: Never Live It Down / Real Life

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