ichthyolite
/ˈɪkθɪəlʌɪt
/noun Palaeontology
A fossil fish.The volume explains the forming process and delineates the categories and distribution of ichthyolites in China....
- But the weeks glided all too quickly away among the ichthyolites of Caithness and Cromarty, and the shells and lignites of Sutherland and Ross.
- It will be seen that the first-mentioned of these ancient ichthyolites bears a name compounded, though, in the reverse order, of exactly the same words.
Origin
Early 19th century: from ichthyo- 'fish' + Latin oleum 'oil' + lithos 'stone'.