Definition
Resembling a fossil in appearance or quality; ancient-looking or rigid and unchanging.
Etymology
From fossil + like (Old English gelic 'similar to'). The suffix -like creates adjectives meaning 'resembling' or 'similar to something'.
Kelly Says
Scientists sometimes describe organisms with a 'fossillike appearance'—meaning they look so similar to their ancient ancestors that they seem frozen in time, like the horseshoe crab or nautilus shell that have barely changed in hundreds of millions of years!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
化石 መሳሳት
f-o-si-l me-sa-sat
ARالعربية
شبيه بال जीवाश्म
shabi bi al-jiwāśm
BNবাংলা
প্রত্নস্মারকের মতো
pro-tno-smak-er moto
CSČeština
fosilický
fo-si-li-cky
DADansk
fossillignende
foh-sil-li-gn-ende
DEDeutsch
fossilartig
foh-sihl-ahr-tig
ELΕλληνικά
όμοιος σε化石
o-mios se f-o-si-l
FAفارسی
مانند فسیل
manand fo-sil
FISuomi
fossiilimainen
fos-si-li-mai-nen
FRFrançais
fossilis
foh-si-lee
GUGU
જીવાश्મ જેવું
jee-va-sham je-vu
HAHA
kamar fosil
ka-mar fo-sil
HEעברית
דומה ל化石
do-mah le-fo-sil
HIहिन्दी
जीवाश्म जैसा
jeevaasham jaisa
HUMagyar
kövület-szerű
kov-u-let-serű
IDBahasa Indonesia
seperti fosil
se-perti fo-sil
IGIG
akụkụ dị ka ụgbọ
a-ku-ku di ka ụg-bo
ITItaliano
fossiliforme
foh-si-li-for-mee
KKKK
фоссил сия
fo-ssil si-ya
KMKM
ដូចជា 化石
do-ch-jea f-o-si-l
KO한국어
화석 같은
hwasik gateun
MRMR
जीवाश्मसारखा
jee-va-sham-sa-r-kha
MSBahasa Melayu
seperti fosil
se-perti fo-sil
MYမြန်မာ
化石နဲ့ တူ
f-o-si-l ne-t tu
NLNederlands
fossielachtig
foh-siel-a-ktig
NONorsk
fossillignende
foh-si-li-gn-ende
PAPA
ਫੌਸਿਲ ਵਰਗਾ
foh-sil var-ga
PLPolski
podobny do skamieniałości
po-do-bny do skamienia-losci
PTPortuguês
fossiliforme
foh-si-li-for-mee
RUРусский
похожий на окаменелость
pokhozyy na okamenelost'
SVSvenska
fossilliknande
foh-sil-li-kan-de
SWKiswahili
kama fosil
ka-ma fo-sil
TEతెలుగు
పూర్వీకులలా
poo-rvee-ku-la
THไทย
คล้าย化石
klai hua-sekk
TLTL
para sa fosil
pa-ra sa fo-sil
TRTürkçe
fosil benzeri
fo-sil ben-ze-ri
UKУкраїнська
подібний до викопного
po-di-bnyy do vy-kop-nogo
URاردو
जीواश्म کی طرح
jee-wa-sham ki tarah
VITiếng Việt
như hóa thạch
nhu hoa thach
YOYO
jẹ́ nípa ẹ̀gbẹ̀
je ni-pa e-gbe
ZUZU
njengomunye fosil
njen-go-mu-nye fo-sil