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oolitic en · ADJ

Etymology

From oolite + -ic.

Meanings

1. Made up of, or containing oolites
   • Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles. 1844, Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands:
2. (dated, obsolete) Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.
   • These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period 1852, J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California:

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oolitic en · NOUN

Etymology

From oolite + -ic.

Meanings

1. An oolite.
2. (dated, obsolete) A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.

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