living fossil meaning

• Noun: living fossil
  1. Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details 
  2. Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living

  Derived forms: living fossils

  Encyclopedia: Living fossil

• Academically, they are refered to as " live fossil"
• living fossil modern organisms with anatomical or physiological features found elsewhere only in extinct species
• But the truth may never be known, since the " living fossil " died hours after it was caught
• With its long history, wuzhen has became a living fossil for ancient civilization for its profound history and culture
• A " living fossil " of the species occur in a long-line forward evolution happened, was no evolutionary branches
• Those that remain act as living fossils, offering glimpses into how the animal world looked millions of years ago
• These sponge reefs are considered to be " living fossils ".
• As I said I study and have described actual living fossils.
• The most astonishing sequence showed Vampiroteuthis, the living fossil.
• The ginkgo tree is what scientists call a living fossil.

• "living fossil" meaning in Chinese: 活化石
• "living fossil" meaning in Japanese: 化石動物、時代遅れの人、生きた化石
• "living fossil" meaning in Russian: 1) реликтовый организм; живой реликт (дерево, ракообразное...
• "living fossil" meaning in French: fossile vivant (organisme vivant dont les espèces les plus...