scolithus

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκώληξ (skṓlēx, “worm”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”)

Noun

scolithus (plural scolithi)

  1. (paleontology) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “scolithus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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