| 释义 |
活化石huóhuàshí指某些在地质年代中曾繁盛一时,广泛分布,而现在只限于局部地区,数量不多,有可能灭绝的生物。如大猫熊和水杉。{living fossil; living organisms that thrived over a wide area in past geological eras but now live in small pockets on the verge of extinction, e.g. the giant panda and metasequoia (redwood);}也叫also孑遗生物{jiéyí shēngwù}。 |