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coccolith en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Derived from coccolithophore. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”), due to the shape of the organism's exoskeleton.

Meanings

1. A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized

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Deriveds

holococcolith · coccolithic · coccolithogenesis · heterococcolith

coccolith en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”) + -lith.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”).
   alt of coccolite

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