fossilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fossĭlis, e, adj. [fossus, from fodio],

dug out , dug up , fossil : sal, Varr. 2, 11, 6: harena, Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 192: ebur, id. 36, 18, 29, § 134: flumen, Amm. 24, 6.