any of the tiny spherical grains of sedimentary rock of which oolite is composed
oolith in American English
(ˈouəlɪθ)
noun
Geology
any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite
Word origin
[1780–90; oo- + -lith]This word is first recorded in the period 1780–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dynamics, ego, fluff, seep, vampire batoo- is a combining form meaning “egg,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix oo- include: oocyst, oogenesis, oophyte, oosphere, ootid; -lith is a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); it sometimes occurs in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith; laccolith)