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- noun Same as
fossilism , 2.
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- noun archaic, 1776-19th century The science or study of fossils.
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fossil + -logy.
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(noun) - A discourse or treatise of fossils; also the science of fossils. --Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon of the English Language, c. 1850
January 27, 2018