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A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from 3.5 to 0.5 billion years ago, with some still being formed at present, some or all of which result from the deposit of minerals by microorganisms such as cyanobacteria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 2003, David M. Paterson, Rebecca J. Aspden, R. Pamela Reid, Biodynamics of Modern Marine Stromatolites, Andrew H. Knoll, Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth, page 44, Stromatolites are the predominant features of carbonate rocks formed in Precambrian oceans.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
From Ancient Greek στρώματα (strṓmata) (plural of στρῶμα (strôma, “layer”)) + λίθος (líthos, “stone, rock”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
stromatoliet
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Arabic:
سْتْرُومَاتُولِيت
(strūmātūlīt)
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Bulgarian:
строматоли́т
(stromatolít)
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Catalan:
estromatòlit
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Czech:
stromatolit
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Finnish:
stromatoliitti
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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French:
stromatolite
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Hungarian:
sztromatolit
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Italian:
stromatolita
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Macedonian:
строматоли́т
(stromatolít)
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Occitan:
estromatolit
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Portuguese:
estromatólito
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Russian:
строматоли́т
(stromatolít)
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Slovak:
stromatolit
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Spanish:
estromatolito
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Swedish:
stromatolit
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
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Ukrainian:
строматоліт
(stromatolit)
— rock-like structure built by microorganisms
