living fossil in English

living organism of which the most closely related organisms have been extinct and exist only in fossil form

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1. 17 It is both a materialized "living fossil" of the capital history of Beijing, and a symbol of the cultural Pekinese 's aesthetic sense.

2. Our objective is to utilize the biomass and productivity of living-fossil ecosystems to estimate the evolutionary trend in carbon sequestration capacity of terrestrial ecosystems.

3. The Bowfin is a living fossil, a fish that lived alongside dinosaurs, and hasn’t changed for 150 million years – it’s the original NATIVE Vermont fish species

4. Dubbed as a living fossil, Bowfins can be traced back tens of millions of years ago as the only remaining species of an ancient fish family

5. We specialize in drought-resistant plants, and rare living-fossil plants called Cycads, and other drought-resistant rare succulent plants like Aloes, Agaves , Dyckias, Echeverias and Strelitzias.

6. Bowfin is a very primitive fish and therefore is often referred to as a “living fossil.” Its swim bladder functions as a lung that enables it to live in oxygen-poor waters