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microfossil
noun mi·cro·fos·sil \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
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First Known Use of MICROFOSSIL
1924
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