living fossil

Etymology
The term was coined by the English biologist, geologist, and naturalist (1809–1882) in his work  (1859): see the quotation below.

Noun

 * 1)  Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods.
 * 2)  Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
 * 1)  Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
 * 1)  Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
 * 1)  Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
 * 1)  Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
 * 1)  Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: lewende fossiel
 * Arabic: حفرية حية
 * Basque: fosil bizidun
 * Belarusian: жывы выкапень
 * Bulgarian: живи вкаменелости
 * Catalan: fòssil vivent
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 活化石
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: živoucí fosílie
 * Dutch: levend fossiel
 * Esperanto: vivanta fosilio
 * Estonian: elav fossiil
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Dauerform,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: जीवित जीवाश्म
 * Hungarian: élő kövület
 * Indonesian: fosil hidup
 * Irish: iontaise bheo
 * Italian: fossile vivente
 * Japanese: 生きている化石, 生きた化石
 * Kazakh: тіpі қазындылар
 * Korean: 살아 있는 화석
 * Limburgish: laevend fossiel
 * Lithuanian: gyvoji fosilija
 * Malayalam: സജീവഫോസിൽ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: levende fossil
 * Occitan: fossil vivent
 * Persian: فسیل زنده
 * Polish: żywa skamieniałość, żywa skamielina
 * Portuguese: fóssil vivo
 * Romanian: fosilă vie
 * Russian: живые ископаемые
 * Slovak: živé fosílie, žijúce skameneniny
 * Slovene: živi fosil
 * Spanish: fósil viviente
 * Swedish: levande fossil
 * Tamil: வாழும் தொல்லுயிர் எச்சம்
 * Telugu: సజీవ శిలాజాలు
 * Thai: ซากดึกดำบรรพ์มีชีวิต
 * Turkish: yaşayan fosil
 * Ukrainian: живі викопні
 * Vietnamese: hóa thạch sống
 * Western Panjabi: جیوندے پتھری جاندار


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 活化石
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: levend fossiel
 * Finnish: