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- (evolutionary theory) Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. [from 1859]
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (evolutionary theory) Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. [from 1859]
- (evolutionary theory) Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
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