Definition of Coccolith

1. n. One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.

Definition of Coccolith

1. Noun. (biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized ¹

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Definition of Coccolith

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coccolith

coccids
cocciferous
coccinella
coccinellin
cocco
coccobacillary
coccobacillus
coccobacteria
coccobacterium
coccoid
coccoidal
coccoids
coccolite
coccolites
coccolith (current term)
coccolithophore
coccolithophores
coccolithophorid
coccolithophorids
coccoliths
coccos
coccosphere
coccospheres
coccous
cocculin
cocculine
cocculolidine
cocculus indicus
coccus

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