TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

FOSSILISER [8 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
  • Paleontology
Universal entry(ies)
Carchariidae
Latin
CONT

The Carchariidae (Great White Sharks) are those sharks made popular by the movie Jaws. They are mainly characterized by the development of serrated cutting edges of their teeth, although this trend is not the rule. In some genera secondary serrations appear to complicate the main serrations, while some possess serrations only on the heels, and others lack serrations altogether. In addition, the overall shape of the teeth can be highly variable throughout the entire family.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
  • Paléontologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Carchariidae
Latin
CONT

Tous les sables et calcaires marins du Tertiaire contiennent une multitude de dents de requins, seuls organes ayant pu se fossiliser chez ces poissons cartilagineux. Les unes [...] énormes et crénelées, appartenaient à des espèces géantes, les carcharodontes [...] qui pouvaient atteindre 20 mètres de longueur.

Spanish

Save record 1

Record 2 2011-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Glaciology
DEF

A surficial layer of angular shattered rocks formed in either modern or Pleistocene periglacial environments.

CONT

A block field is a continuous surface cover of large angular to subangular rocks derived from a source of well jointed bedrock either beneath or upslope from the block covering. The blocks are generally dislodged by frost action and form a layer greater than one or two clast thicknesses (as opposed to a rock veneer, which has a thickness no greater than two clast thicknesses).

OBS

A block field can occur on a steep slope if the source rock is exposed along a high ridge or similar topographic feature, whereas the term felsenmeer refers to a block field that occurs on a flat or gently sloping surface that is derived from an underlying source.

OBS

The term mountain-top detritus refers to the regolith cover that mantles summits and ridges of many mid-latitude mountain ranges ... This regolith has been named as felsenmeer, blockmeer, boulder fields, or stone fields ... Several conflicting hypotheses have been suggested regarding the age and significance of mountain-top detritus in mid-latitude areas.

OBS

Not recommended: felsenmeer, blockmeer.

OBS

felsenmeer : an obsolete term.

OBS

block field; felsenmeer: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • block-field
  • mountain top detritus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Glaciologie
DEF

Étendue de blocs constituée d’une masse de gélifracts multiformes qui pourraient fossiliser complètement la roche-mère sous-jacente.

CONT

Sur les pentes, on rencontre des dépôts dits colluviaux. Quatre types se distinguent : les apports de pente, les éboulis calcaires, les chaos de blocs et les brèches de pente. [...] Les chaos de blocs traduisent l’écroulement en masse des corniches sus-jacentes. Les blocs, disposés de manière irrégulière, ont généralement des dimensions importantes.

CONT

Dans la réalité d’un paysage montagneux, la surface du talus est complexe. Elle comporte souvent un chaos de blocs de tailles diverses.

OBS

En géologie, un chaos désigne un entassement de rochers dégagé par l’érosion. Il s’agit d’un type de modelé. On trouve des chaos de blocs de grès dans la forêt de Fontainebleau.

OBS

champ de pierres; pierrier du sommet; pierrier sommital : Par rapport aux termes «chaos de blocs» et «champ de blocs», ces termes, qui traduisent couramment le terme «block field», ne décrivent pas les formes anguleuses des rochers.

OBS

champ de pierres; felsenmeer : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2009-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Algae
  • Paleontology
OBS

The charophytes are an isolated group of fresh-water algae ...

OBS

oogonium: The female sexual organ in certain algae that contains the ova.

OBS

oogonia: Plural of oogonium.

OBS

charophyte oogonium: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • charophyte oogonia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Algues
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Chez certaines plantes d’eau douce, comme les Charophytes [...], l'organe reproducteur femelle(oogone) est entouré d’une enveloppe calcaire. Celle-ci peut se fossiliser et lors de sa découverte, indiquer au chercheur l'âge du sédiment!

OBS

oogone de Charophyte : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Save record 3

Record 4 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Animal Biology
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
CONT

The outer covering of the [tunicate] is a thick, tough, sometimes gelatinous membrane, the "tunic" or "test", secreted by the underlying epithelium and attached to the inclosed body only at the siphons. In some tunicates the test is so transparent that practically all of the internal organs are visible through it.

CONT

Urochordates ... are enclosed in a tough cellulose-like tunic (hence the common name tunicate).

OBS

Hemichordates and most urochordates are ... filter-feeders, moving water through their gill slits, but are sessile as adults. When ascidian tunicates metamorphose, the motochord is resorbed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Biologie animale
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
CONT

La tunique enveloppe l’animal sans lui être accolée, sauf au niveau des siphons et aux extrémités des stolons. Sa composition chimique et sa morphologie diffèrent suivant les groupes.

OBS

[C'est la] seule partie [des Tuniciers, ou Urocordés, ] qui est susceptible de se fossiliser.

Spanish

Save record 4

Record 5 2004-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

[One of a] pair of horny structures forming a parrot-like beak [in a nautilord].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Au milieu de la tête [d’un nautile] s’ouvre la bouche, pourvue d’une radula à nombreuses rangées de plaques et crochets et aussi de mâchoires puissantes [...], en substance cornée, dont seules les pointes appelées «becs» sont calcifiées et peuvent se fossiliser.

Spanish

Save record 5

Record 6 1992-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
OBS

See records "chemical composition" and "mineralogic composition."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Certains minéraux à structure cristalline très compacte [...] présentent la particularité de se rééquilibrer très difficilement après leur formation; ils ont tendance à fossiliser des structures, textures et compositions chimico-minéralogiques des états antérieurs.

Spanish

Save record 6

Record 7 1978-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

To convert into a fossil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Rendre fossile; amener à l’état fossile.

Spanish

Save record 7

Record 8 1977-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

Class of protozoans consisting of single-celled organisms of fixed shape with one or more long whiplike structures used for locomotion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) organismes pélagiques revêtus d’une thèque rigide susceptible de se fossiliser. Toutes les formes vivantes possèdent un fouet contractible ou flagelle, qui n’ est pas toujours conservé chez les fossiles.

Spanish

Save record 8

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Display options

Change the order of display of the official languages of Canada
Option to display the non-official languages (Spanish or Portuguese)
Display definitions, contexts, etc., on records

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: