Home › Words › C › chemofossilchemofossilchemofossil means A fossil that consists only of chemicals remaining from the decomposition of a living organism.EtymologyFrom chemo- + fossil.nounA fossil that consists only of chemicals remaining from the decomposition of a living organism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.paleochemotaxonomy 59% match — Use of biomarker chemicals in sedimentary rocks to classify lifeforms. vs chemofossil →chemofilter 59% match — A chemical filter vs chemofossil →chemomarker 58% match — A compound that is only present in the presence of a particular species vs chemofossil →technofossil 58% match — A fossil formed from an industrial man-made object or material. vs chemofossil →chemochrome 56% match — A chemical pigment. vs chemofossil →chemophore 56% match — The molecular framework responsible for a compound's biological activity vs chemofossil →chemoton 56% match — A fundamental unit of life; a computational abstraction of a protocell, having the properties of metabolism and self-replication and a bilipid membrane. vs chemofossil →chemovar 56% match — Synonym of chemotype. vs chemofossil →