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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