English to French Meaning of petrifaction - pétrification

Petrifaction :

pétrification

noun

pétrification, fossile, pierre, Roche

Petrifaction :: pétrification

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Definitions of petrifaction in English

Noun(1) the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape(2) a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

Examples of petrifaction in English

(1) In Hawaii, cats and dogs as well as the imported mongoose have seriously affected nesting waterbirds and two seabirds - the dark-rumped petrel and Newell's shearwater, according to the National Biological Service.(2) Albatross, cape pigeons, diving petrels, monymawks, mottled petrels , and sooty shearwaters all took their turns skimming our bow wave for fish.(3) Fulmarus glacialis, a cliff-dwelling, gull-like bird of northern seas and coasts; it belongs to a group of seabirds commonly known as petrels and shearwaters.(4) While there are few wild animals in Iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among the many sea-birds I spotted, petrels , puffins, tern, gannets, skuas and shearwaters.(5) For me, it will always be a trip of a lifetime, as we were soon surrounded by a bewildering assortment of albatrosses, shearwaters and petrels , each a new species for us.

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