fossilizer

English

Etymology

From fossilize +‎ -er.

Noun

fossilizer (plural fossilizers)

1. That which causes or undergoes fossilization.
   • 2007, Rupert Watson, The African Baobab, page 14:

     Because their wood contains so much water, and fallen baobabs decompose so quickly, the trees are poor fossilizers.

   • 2015, Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy, The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition:

     When they refuse, she turns her fossilizer ray on them then returns to the 25th century to dig them up.