1. (noun) fossil.
Ko ngā hāraunga, ko ngā wheua, ko ngā toenga para rānei o tētahi rauropi o neherā, kāore i popo, engari kua mau ki ngā toka o Papatūānuku. Koia nei ngā mātātoka (RP 2009:280). / The impressions, prints, bones or remains of living things from long ago that have not decayed, but have been preserved in the rocks of the Earth. These are fossils.
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