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steinkern
[
shtahyn
-kern
,
-kurn
,
stahyn
-
]
stein·kern
/
ˈʃtaɪnˌkɛrn
,
-ˌkɜrn
,
ˈstaɪn-
/
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[
shtahyn
-kern
,
-kurn
,
stahyn
-
]
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noun
Archaeology
.
the fossilized outline of a hollow organic structure, as a skull or a mollusk shell, formed when mud or sediment consolidated within the structure and the structure itself disintegrated or dissolved.
Also called
endocast.
Origin:
<
German
Steinkern
literally, stone, pit (of a fruit), equivalent to
Stein
stone
+
Kern
core,
kernel
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