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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A rock formed from the remains of or physiologic action of organisms.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In petrography, a term proposed by Ehrenberg as a general name for a rock composed exclusively of organic debris. Also organo-lith.

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  • noun geology A rock or other geological feature formed by living organisms.

Etymologies

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bio- + -lith

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