Definition of Cast fossil

1. Noun. A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions; minerals gradually enter into the cavity, resulting in a cast, also called a mold fossil, which is in the general form of the original organism. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cast Fossil

cast-off
cast-off(a)
cast a chill
cast a pall
cast a shadow
cast about
cast accounts
cast adrift
cast anchor
cast around
cast aside
cast aspersions
cast away
cast brace
cast down
cast fossil (current term)
cast fossils
cast iron
cast net
cast nets
cast of characters
cast off
cast on
cast one's vote
cast out
cast out nines
cast pearls before swine
cast the first stone
cast up
cast up one's accounts

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