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Definition: ECHINITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A fossil echinoid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Echinite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ECHINITE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A fossil found in chalk pits, called centronia; a petrified shell set with prickles or points; a calcarious petrifaction of the echinus or sea-hedgehog. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: ECHINITE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A fossil echinoid.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ECHINITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ECHINITE

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] A fossil found in chalk pits, called centronia; a petrified shell set with prickles or points; a calcarious petrifaction of the echinus or sea-hedgehog. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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