ornitholiten.

Brit.

/ˈɔːnᵻθə(ʊ)lʌɪt/, U.S.

/ɔrˈnɪθoʊˌlaɪt/,

/ˈɔrnəθoʊˌlaɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -lite comb. form¹.

Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -lite comb. form¹, after scientific Latin Ornitholithus (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (1735)) or French ornitholithe (1763).

Geology. Now historical and rare.

A fossil formed from the remains of a bird.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > extinct or fossil > fossil bird

ornitholite1820

1820 A. Eaton Index Geol. Northern States (ed. 2) 70 Genus II. Ornitholite. The Prototype is a separate bone or bill of a bird; very rarely an entire skeleton.

1836 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 29 307 For this paucity of ornitholites, geologists have..assigned probable reasons.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xix. 370 Many unknown fragments of bird-bones are..ranked under the general term ornitholites.

1984 J. G. Greene Amer. Sci. in Age of Jefferson ix. 247 Eaton did list and name six kinds of organic remains found in the region he had traversed, calling them mammodolite, ornitholite, amphibolite, and the like according to their resemblance to living animals or plants.

Derivatives

† ornitholitic adj. Obsolete rare containing or consisting of ornitholites.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Ornitholitic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ornitholite
释义	ornitholiten. Brit. /ˈɔːnᵻθə(ʊ)lʌɪt/, U.S. /ɔrˈnɪθoʊˌlaɪt/, /ˈɔrnəθoʊˌlaɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ornitho- comb. form, -lite comb. form¹. Etymology: < ornitho- comb. form + -lite comb. form¹, after scientific Latin Ornitholithus (Linnaeus Systema Naturæ (1735)) or French ornitholithe (1763). Geology. Now historical and rare. A fossil formed from the remains of a bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > unspecified and miscellaneous birds > [noun] > extinct or fossil > fossil bird ornitholite1820 1820 A. Eaton Index Geol. Northern States (ed. 2) 70 Genus II. Ornitholite. The Prototype is a separate bone or bill of a bird; very rarely an entire skeleton. 1836 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 29 307 For this paucity of ornitholites, geologists have..assigned probable reasons. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xix. 370 Many unknown fragments of bird-bones are..ranked under the general term ornitholites. 1984 J. G. Greene Amer. Sci. in Age of Jefferson ix. 247 Eaton did list and name six kinds of organic remains found in the region he had traversed, calling them mammodolite, ornitholite, amphibolite, and the like according to their resemblance to living animals or plants. Derivatives † ornitholitic adj. Obsolete rare containing or consisting of ornitholites.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Ornitholitic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820
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