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cyatholith Biol.|saɪˈæθəlɪθ|
[f. cyathus + -lith.]
A kind of coccolith resembling two cups placed base to base.
1875Carpenter Microsc. & Rev. §367 Two distinct types are recognizable among the Coccoliths, which Prof. Huxley has designated respectively discoliths and cyatholiths. Ibid. §409 When viewed sideways or obliquely..the cyatholiths are found to have a form somewhat resembling that of a shirt-stud. |