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单词 graptolite
释义

graptoliten.

Brit. /ˈɡraptəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɡræptəˌlaɪt/
Etymology: < Greek γραπτός painted or marked with letters + -lite comb. form1; in sense 1 < modern Latin graptolithus (Linnæus).
Palaeontology.
1. Any stone exhibiting a resemblance to a drawing. Obsolete.
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1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 363/1 The Florentine, or ruin marble, the dendritical ramifications on many limestones, and the moss-like forms in agates, &c., were ranked [by Linnæus] as Graptolites.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
2. A fossil zoophyte of the genus Graptolites (or Graptolithus) or of the family of which this genus is the type.The graptolites are known from their impressions on the surface of hard shales, resembling markings with a slate pencil. Some suggest the form of a quill pen.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > zoophyte > [noun] > fossil zoophyte > of genus Graptolites
graptolite1841
1841 Trans. Geol. Soc. (1842) 2nd Ser. 6 558 Graptolites were found at Robleston..in calcareous shales.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 11 If the Graptolites belong to certain genera, we may be sure that we are dealing with lower Silurian Rocks.
in combination.1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) vi. 83 The graptolite-bearing mud.

Derivatives

graptoˈlitic adj. of or pertaining to graptolites; containing graptolites.
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graptolitic1843
1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 231 Another graptolitic bed in Fermanagh.
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria v. 96 The supposed fucoids..belong to graptolitic or other zoophytes.
1880 Ramsay in Times 26 Aug. 5/3 The Lower Silurian graptolitic rocks at Corswall Point in Wigtonshire.
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