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noun
A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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History
From Latin bufo (“toad”) + -ite. It was once believed to be formed in the head of a toad.
