Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Stone-producing; of or pertaining to animals which form coral.

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

  • adjective Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

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  • adjective Stone-producing; said of polyps which form coral.

Etymologies

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litho- + -genous

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