MICROFOSSIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microfossil mean? 

• MICROFOSSIL (noun)
  The noun MICROFOSSIL has 1 sense:

1. a fossil that must be studied microscopically

  Familiarity information: MICROFOSSIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROFOSSIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fossil that must be studied microscopically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("microfossil" is a kind of...):

fossil (the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil)

 Context examples 

Prior to this discovery, the oldest microfossils reported were found in Western Australia and dated at 3,460 million years old but some scientists think they might be non-biological artefacts in the rocks.

(World's Oldest Fossils Unearthed, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)