词根词缀：foss-, fossili-, fossil-, fossor-

【来源及含义】Latin: to dig, digging; dug out, dug up from beneath the surface; ditch, trench

【同源单词】efossion, fossa vesicae biliaris, fossette, fossil, fossil city, fossil energy

词根词缀：orycto-, oryct-

【来源及含义】Greek: fossil, mineral; dug, dig; literally "thing dug"

【同源单词】oryctere, orycterope, Orycteropus, oryctognosis, oryctognostic, oryctognosy

词根词缀：scapho-, scaph-

【来源及含义】Greek: boat-shaped [often refers to bones]; shaped like the hull of a boat; dug out like a boat; trench; deep vessel

【同源单词】bathyscaphe, scapha, scaphion, scaphism, scaphium, scaphocephalic