释义 |
echinite|ˈɛkɪnaɪt| [ad. mod.L. echinita; see echinus and -ite.] A fossil echinoderm; a fossil sea-urchin. Hence echiˈnital a., pertaining to or resembling echinites.
[1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 203 The Bodyes which are call'd, by Naturalists, Echinitæ.] 1750G. Hughes Barbadoes ii. 55, I have likewise a middle-sized petrified Echinite. 1851Richardson Geol. 24 The echinites. |