fossiliferousadj.

Brit.

/ˌfɒsᵻˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/ˌfɑsəˈlɪfərəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fossil n., -iferous comb. form.

Etymology: < fossil n. + -iferous comb. form. Compare French fossilifère (1806).

Geology.

Of rock, a stratum, etc.: containing fossils.

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the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [adjective] > bearing fossils

fossiliferous1829

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [adjective] > containing organic remains > containing fossils

fossiliferous1829

ammonitiferous1830

nummulitic1830

hippurite1831

indusial1833

fucoid1839

encrinal1845

reptiliferous1845

fucoidal1849

nummuline1861

encrinitic1863

encrinital1876

spiriferous1888

1829 H. T. De la Beche in Philos. Mag. 6 440 That rocks may be divided into two great classes, the stratified and the unstratified;—that of the former some contain organic remains, and others do not;—and that the non-fossiliferous stratified rocks, as a mass, occupy an inferior place to the fossiliferous strata. [Note] The term fossiliferous is here confined to organic remains.

1858 A. Geikie Story of Boulder vi. 97 Richly fossiliferous beds of the mountain limestone.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 135 Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite.

1940 F. F. Grout Kemp's Handbk. Rocks (ed. 6) viii. 171 The limestones with fine grain and only scattered shells are best called fossiliferous limestones.

1985 D. Lowenthal Past is Foreign Country (1988) ii. 44 As honorary curator of one such museum, John Fowles defended public access to Dorset's fossiliferous cliffs.

1999 Rock & Gem Dec. 71/1 None of the land-laid Triassic exposures is fossiliferous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fossiliferous
释义	fossiliferousadj. Brit. /ˌfɒsᵻˈlɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /ˌfɑsəˈlɪfərəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fossil n., -iferous comb. form. Etymology: < fossil n. + -iferous comb. form. Compare French fossilifère (1806). Geology. Of rock, a stratum, etc.: containing fossils. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [adjective] > bearing fossils fossiliferous1829 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [adjective] > containing organic remains > containing fossils fossiliferous1829 ammonitiferous1830 nummulitic1830 hippurite1831 indusial1833 fucoid1839 encrinal1845 reptiliferous1845 fucoidal1849 nummuline1861 encrinitic1863 encrinital1876 spiriferous1888 1829 H. T. De la Beche in Philos. Mag. 6 440 That rocks may be divided into two great classes, the stratified and the unstratified;—that of the former some contain organic remains, and others do not;—and that the non-fossiliferous stratified rocks, as a mass, occupy an inferior place to the fossiliferous strata. [Note] The term fossiliferous is here confined to organic remains. 1858 A. Geikie Story of Boulder vi. 97 Richly fossiliferous beds of the mountain limestone. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 135 Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. 1940 F. F. Grout Kemp's Handbk. Rocks (ed. 6) viii. 171 The limestones with fine grain and only scattered shells are best called fossiliferous limestones. 1985 D. Lowenthal Past is Foreign Country (1988) ii. 44 As honorary curator of one such museum, John Fowles defended public access to Dorset's fossiliferous cliffs. 1999 Rock & Gem Dec. 71/1 None of the land-laid Triassic exposures is fossiliferous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1829
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