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noun
A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
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.
From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”) + -lith.
