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Webster 1913 Edition


Miliolite

Mil′i-o-lite

,
Noun.
(Paleon.)
A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus
Miliola
.

Mil′i-o-lite

,
Adj.
The same
Miliolitic
.
Miliolite limestone
(Geol.)
,
a building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic shells.

Webster 1828 Edition


Miliolite

MIL'IOLITE

,
Noun.
Fossil remains of the Miliola, a genus of univalve shells.

Definition 2024


miliolite

miliolite

English

Noun

miliolite (countable and uncountable, plural miliolites)

  1. (geology) A building stone, one of the group of the Paris basin, almost entirely made up of many-chambered microscopic shells.

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