Definition of stromatolite in English:

stromatolite

noun strə(ʊ)ˈmatəlʌɪtstrōˈmadəˌlīt

A calcareous mound built up of layers of lime-secreting cyanobacteria and trapped sediment, found in Precambrian rocks as the earliest known fossils, and still being formed in lagoons in Australasia.
Example sentencesExamples
- The oldest known fossils are the 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites discovered in western Australia in 1980.
- The formation has yielded numerous fossils of stromatolites in addition to microfossils.
- They may be calcareous sponges, cyanobacteria, or stromatolites.
- Fossilized cyanobacterial mounds are called stromatolites.
- At first sight, the Shark Bay stromatolites look like rocks lying in an orderly fashion in the intertidal zone.

Origin

1930s: from modern Latin stroma, stromat- 'layer, covering' + -lite.

Definition of stromatolite in US English:

stromatolite

nounstrōˈmadəˌlīt

A calcareous mound built up of layers of lime-secreting cyanobacteria and trapped sediment, found in Precambrian rocks as the earliest known fossils, and still being formed in lagoons in Australasia.
Example sentencesExamples
- The formation has yielded numerous fossils of stromatolites in addition to microfossils.
- Fossilized cyanobacterial mounds are called stromatolites.
- The oldest known fossils are the 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites discovered in western Australia in 1980.
- They may be calcareous sponges, cyanobacteria, or stromatolites.
- At first sight, the Shark Bay stromatolites look like rocks lying in an orderly fashion in the intertidal zone.

Origin

1930s: from modern Latin stroma, stromat- ‘layer, covering’ + -lite.

单词	stromatolite
释义	Definition of stromatolite in English: stromatolite noun strə(ʊ)ˈmatəlʌɪtstrōˈmadəˌlīt A calcareous mound built up of layers of lime-secreting cyanobacteria and trapped sediment, found in Precambrian rocks as the earliest known fossils, and still being formed in lagoons in Australasia. Example sentencesExamples The oldest known fossils are the 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites discovered in western Australia in 1980. The formation has yielded numerous fossils of stromatolites in addition to microfossils. They may be calcareous sponges, cyanobacteria, or stromatolites. Fossilized cyanobacterial mounds are called stromatolites. At first sight, the Shark Bay stromatolites look like rocks lying in an orderly fashion in the intertidal zone. Origin 1930s: from modern Latin stroma, stromat- 'layer, covering' + -lite. Definition of stromatolite in US English: stromatolite nounstrōˈmadəˌlīt A calcareous mound built up of layers of lime-secreting cyanobacteria and trapped sediment, found in Precambrian rocks as the earliest known fossils, and still being formed in lagoons in Australasia. Example sentencesExamples The formation has yielded numerous fossils of stromatolites in addition to microfossils. Fossilized cyanobacterial mounds are called stromatolites. The oldest known fossils are the 3.5-billion-year-old stromatolites discovered in western Australia in 1980. They may be calcareous sponges, cyanobacteria, or stromatolites. At first sight, the Shark Bay stromatolites look like rocks lying in an orderly fashion in the intertidal zone. Origin 1930s: from modern Latin stroma, stromat- ‘layer, covering’ + -lite.
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