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living fossil
noun
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.
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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| living fossil | |
| —n | |
| an animal or plant, such as the coelacanth and ginkgo, belonging to a group most of whose members are extinct | |
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