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living fossil

liv·ing fos·sil (plural liv·ing fos·sils)


noun 
Definition:
 
organism unchanged for eons: an organism that is almost unchanged from early geologic time and belongs to a group whose other members are extinct. Gingko trees and coelacanths are living fossils.

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