ichthyoliten.
/ˈɪkθɪəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɪkθiəˌlaɪt/ Palaeontology.
A fossil fish; any fossil of ichthyic origin.
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ichthyolite1828
tetrapter1846
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing E. Hitchcock).
1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) ix. 193 The ichthyolites of the Old Red Sandstone.
1850 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 8) ix. 134 Similar Ichthyolites have been met with in still older rocks.
1854 D. Page Introd. Geol. 112 The most common ichthyolites in the English tertiaries are the shark-like teeth of gigantic placoids which seem to have thronged these waters.
Derivatives
ichthyoˈlitic adj. pertaining to, or characterized by containing, ichthyolites.
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the world > animals > fish > [adjective] > relating to fossil fish
ichthyolitic1849
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 196 I found it partially embedded..in an ichthyolitic deposit.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xx The ichthyolitic formations of Moray.
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