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lunulite Geol.|ˈl(j)uːnjʊlaɪt|
[ad. mod.L. lūnulītēs (J. Parkinson 1822): see lunula and -ite.]
A small fossil coral, more or less circular in shape.
1845Lyell Trav. N. Amer. I. 137 The corals..agree all generically with those of the Miocene beds of Europe, and some specifically, as a lunulite, the same as one from the Suffolk crag. 1864in Webster; and in later Dicts. |