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 n.β€” Β«Ms. Trujillo, who wears a leather holster belt holding a rock hammer, and geologist’s compass, tells them that if they find “float”β€”the term for loose fossils individually scattered over the ground by water erosionβ€”they should look up the slope to find the possible source and tie a ribbon there.Β» β€”β€œDinosaurs are gone, but their bones are all about” by Don Hopey in Rock River, Wyoming Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania) June 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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