- coprolitic
- adjective see coprolite
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coprolitic
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Coprolitic — Cop ro*lit ic, a. Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
coprolitic — adjective Of or pertaining to coprolites. Pemberton, S. George and Robert W. Frey 1991. William Buckland and his Coprolitic vision . Ichnos, 1: 317–325. [ … Wiktionary
coprolitic — See coprolite. * * * … Universalium
coprolitic — cop·ro·lit·ic … English syllables
coprolitic — adjective see coprolite … Useful english dictionary
coprolite — coprolitic /kop reuh lit ik/, adj. /kop reuh luyt /, n. a stony mass consisting of fossilized fecal matter of animals. [1820 30; COPRO + LITE] * * * ▪ paleontology the fossilized excrement of animals. The English geologist William Buckland… … Universalium
coprolite — noun Date: 1829 fossilized excrement • coprolitic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
Seahorse — Taxobox fossil range = fossilrange|23|0 Lower Miocene to Present image width = 200px image caption = Hippocampus sp. name = Hippocampus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Syngnathiformes familia = Syngnathidae… … Wikipedia
John Stevens Henslow — (February 6, 1796 May 16, 1861) was an English botanist and geologist.Henslow was born at Rochester, the son of a solicitor John Prentis Henslow, who was the son of Sir John Henslow. He was educated at St. John s College, Cambridge where he… … Wikipedia
coprolite — n. fossilized faeces. ♦ coprolith, n. hard mass of faecal matter. ♦ coprolitic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
