Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A generic name which has been given to supposed annelid tubes or worm-casts occurring in many sandstone rocks, especially those of Cambrian age.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun paleontology A
tubular structure found inPotsdam sandstone , believed to be thefossil burrow of amarine worm .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skōlēks, "worm") + λίθος (lithos, "stone")
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