coalify en · VERB
Etymology
From coal + -ify.
Meanings
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(of a fossil) To change into coal.
The fossils are produced from an approximately 40 cm thick, organic-fragment-rich clayey, sandy mudstone that is rich in coalified root traces, both horizontal and vertical, suggesting a saturated or water-logged anoxic deposit.
2015 July 9, “Cranial Anatomy of Wendiceratops pinhornensis gen. et sp. nov., a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian), Alberta, Canada, and the Evolution of Ceratopsid Nasal Ornamentation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| coalified | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| coalified | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| coalifies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| coalifying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |