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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rock deposit that has an abundance and variety of fossils, often preserved in fine detail and showing soft body parts.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[German, deposit, bed (as of coal or ore) : Lager, bed, storehouse; see lager + Stätte (from later Middle High German stete, back-formation from stete, genitive and dative of earlier Middle High German stat, place, from Old High German stat; see stā- in Indo-European roots).]
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