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Definition: DISCOLITH

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Discolith" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Discolith \Dis"co*lith\, noun. [Greek expression round plate -lith.]. (references)

Definition: DISCOLITH

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about / of an inch in its longest diameter.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DISCOLITH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Discolith \Dis"co*lith\, noun. [Greek expression round plate -lith.]. (references)