dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.-like or pertaining to fossils; contained in rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants, shells.-a substance dug from the earth.-the remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong to species still living.-a person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.