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Definition of corallite in English: corallitenoun ˈkɒrəlʌɪtˈkôrəˌlīt 1The cuplike calcareous skeleton of a single coral polyp. Example sentencesExamples - The fine skeletal structures of the corallites are typically obliterated; skeletons are composed of fine to coarse, neomorphic calcite.
- If I were to look at photographs of the deep structure of this piece, I'd see down into the level of the skeleton of each coral polyp, the corallite.
- Daughter corallites possess relatively large diameters from the beginning, along with a robust colonial pattern.
- The angle between offsets and parent corallites varies, even in the same division.
- Daughter corallites then turn vertically, giving the corallum a robust appearance.
- 1.1 A fossil coral.
Origin Early 19th century: from Latin corallum 'coral' + -ite1. Definition of corallite in US English: corallitenounˈkôrəˌlīt 1The cuplike calcareous skeleton of a single coral polyp. Example sentencesExamples - Daughter corallites possess relatively large diameters from the beginning, along with a robust colonial pattern.
- The fine skeletal structures of the corallites are typically obliterated; skeletons are composed of fine to coarse, neomorphic calcite.
- The angle between offsets and parent corallites varies, even in the same division.
- Daughter corallites then turn vertically, giving the corallum a robust appearance.
- If I were to look at photographs of the deep structure of this piece, I'd see down into the level of the skeleton of each coral polyp, the corallite.
- 1.1 A fossil coral.
Origin Early 19th century: from Latin corallum ‘coral’ + -ite. |