Meaning & use
fossiliferous
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Containing or yielding fossils.
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The cliffs along the coast are famously fossiliferous, drawing paleontologists from around the world.
Geologists mapped the fossiliferous layers to date the surrounding rock formation.
A note on using this word
The word combines 'fossil' with the Latin suffix '-ferous,' meaning 'bearing' or 'producing,' the same suffix found in words like 'carboniferous.'
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