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- noun Plural form of
coccolith .
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Examples
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It contained numerous microfossils called coccoliths, naturally occurring as foreign particles in chalk, but not dissolved by water.
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Dr. Wallich verified my observation, and added the interesting discovery, that, not unfrequently, bodies similar to these "coccoliths" were aggregated together into spheroids, which he termed "coccospheres."
Autobiography and Selected Essays Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 1909
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I termed these bodies "coccoliths," and doubted their organic nature.
Autobiography and Selected Essays Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 1909
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[31] I have recently traced out the development of the "coccoliths" from
Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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I termed these bodies "coccoliths," and doubted their organic nature.
Autobiography and Selected Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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"coccoliths" were aggregated together into spheroids, which he termed
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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"coccoliths" were aggregated together into spheroids, which he termed
Autobiography and Selected Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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"coccoliths" were aggregated together into spheroids, which he termed
Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Production of the coccoliths that cover coccolithophorids also furnishes CO2.
Physical factors mediating ecological change in the Artic 2009
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A study of coccoliths in the nanno/foram ooze, characteristic of ocean floor deposition at depths of between 2,000 m and 4,000 m, indicates that the crust was formed during the early or middle Miocene.
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