Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A form of coccolith.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biol.) A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from 1/6000 to 1/8000 of an inch.

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  • noun biology A kind of coccolith resembling a minute cup widened at the top.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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