MICROFOSSIL


Meaning of MICROFOSSIL in English

/muy'kroh fos"il/ , n.

a fossil so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope. Cf. macrofossil .

[ 1920-25; MICRO- + FOSSIL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .