microfossil
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mi·cro·fos·sil

noun \ˌmī-krō-ˈfä-səl\

Definition of MICROFOSSIL

: a small fossil that typically can be studied only microscopically and that may be either a fragment of a larger organism or an entire minute organism

First Known Use of MICROFOSSIL

1924

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