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单词 corallite
释义

corallite

/ˈkɒrəlʌɪt /
noun Palaeontology
1The cup-like calcareous skeleton of a single coral polyp.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....
  • The fine skeletal structures of the corallites are typically obliterated; skeletons are composed of fine to coarse, neomorphic calcite.
  • Daughter corallites possess relatively large diameters from the beginning, along with a robust colonial pattern.
1.1A fossil coral.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin corallum 'coral' + -ite1.

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