ALL meanings of living fossil
liv·ing fos·sil
L l - noun living fossil an organism that is a living example of an otherwise extinct group and that has remained virtually unchanged in structure and function over a long period of time, as the coelacanth and the horseshoe crab. 1
- noun living fossil an animal or plant, such as the coelacanth and ginkgo, belonging to a group most of whose members are extinct 0
- noun living fossil Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. 0
- noun living fossil Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details. 0