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Definition of Trochites
1. trochite [n] - See also: trochite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochites
Literary usage of Trochites
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1808)
"trochites...HISTORY OF...VARIOUS SPECIES DESCRIBED....ORIGINAL ANIMAL MEMBRANE
DEMONSTRATED....SCREW-STONE. WE shall now proceed to the examination of a ..."
2. The Philosophical Transactions and Collections, to the End of the Year 1700 by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, John Eames, John Martyn (1716)
"... Sockets } thole Joints being hollow alfo, and fo other trochites^ with Sockets
come on upon ... as well as trochites of an oval Figure, and their Bore ..."
3. The Ladies' Companion (1862)
"They received the name of trochites, and gave rise to much discussion. Naturalists
puzzled their brains about them, called them star-shaped crystals, ..."
4. Methods of Study in Natural History by Louis Agassiz (1891)
"Thus far neither the true nature of the living specimen, nor of the trochites,
nor of the fossil lilies was understood, but it was nevertheless an important ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1809)
"... consisting of two trochites similar to that which is depicted plate xiii. fig.
12, during twelve hours in vinegar. Upon examining this, it was found to ..."
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