hippuriticadj.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpjəˈrɪtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpjəˈrɪdɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippurite n., -ic suffix.

Etymology: < hippurite n. + -ic suffix.Compare French hippuritique (1845 or earlier).

Geology. Now chiefly historical.

Of limestone: containing fossil bivalve molluscs of the family Hippuritidae. Cf. hippurite n. 1.

ΚΠ

1837 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 22 261 I found limestone rocks with various coralline bodies, which I thought might be hippuritic limestone.

1849 J. W. Tyndale Island of Sardinia II. 142 There are some fine black layers in the island of St. Antioco, where the limestone has a hippuritic character.

1983 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 43 210 The approximate limit between the Pieniny Basin and Klape Platform and the Klape Platform and Manín Basin was marked by a hippuritic reef limestone.

1997 A. S. Alsharhan & A. E. M. Nairn Sedimentary Basins & Petroleum Geol. Middle East (2003) 349/1 The [Bangestan] group was proposed by Slinger and Crichton (1959) to cover the limestone unit that variously had been called the mid-Cretaceous Limestone, Rudist Limestone, Hippuritic Limestone and Lashteag Limestone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippuritic
释义	hippuriticadj. Brit. /ˌhɪpjəˈrɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌhɪpjəˈrɪdɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hippurite n., -ic suffix. Etymology: < hippurite n. + -ic suffix.Compare French hippuritique (1845 or earlier). Geology. Now chiefly historical. Of limestone: containing fossil bivalve molluscs of the family Hippuritidae. Cf. hippurite n. 1. ΚΠ 1837 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 22 261 I found limestone rocks with various coralline bodies, which I thought might be hippuritic limestone. 1849 J. W. Tyndale Island of Sardinia II. 142 There are some fine black layers in the island of St. Antioco, where the limestone has a hippuritic character. 1983 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 43 210 The approximate limit between the Pieniny Basin and Klape Platform and the Klape Platform and Manín Basin was marked by a hippuritic reef limestone. 1997 A. S. Alsharhan & A. E. M. Nairn Sedimentary Basins & Petroleum Geol. Middle East (2003) 349/1 The [Bangestan] group was proposed by Slinger and Crichton (1959) to cover the limestone unit that variously had been called the mid-Cretaceous Limestone, Rudist Limestone, Hippuritic Limestone and Lashteag Limestone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1837
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