Definitions
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- noun geology A small
calcium carbonate oriron coated grain found on theseafloor . - adjective Shaped like an
egg ;ovoid ;ovate .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[o(o)– + –oid.]
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oo- + -id
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Examples
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Those conditions are most often found in shoals, sandbanks that create shallow water; Joulters Cay is one of the rare ooid beaches, and Andros Island pictured above has Pleistocene-epoch oolitic deposits.
Breathtaking Beaches © Corbis Cleopatra's Beach Sedir... 2006
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The ooid beaches of the Bahamas are comprised of rare grains of "sand."
Breathtaking Beaches © Corbis Cleopatra's Beach Sedir... 2006
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