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o·o·lite       [oh-uh-lahyt] Pronunciation Key
–noun Geology.
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
Also called egg stone.

[Origin: 1775–85; (< F oölithe) < NL oölithés. See oo-, -lite]

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o·o·lit·ic       [oh-uh-lit-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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o·o·lite       (ō'ə-līt')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A small round calcareous grain found, for example, in limestones.
  2. Rock, usually limestone, composed of oolites.

o'o·lit'ic (-lĭt'ĭk) adj.
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oolite 
"rock consisting of fine grains of carbonate of lime," 1785, from Mod.L. oolites, from oo-, comb. form of Gk. oon "egg" (cognate with O.E. æg, see egg) + lithos "stone." So called because the rock resembles the roe of fish.

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oolite       (ō'ə-līt')  Pronunciation Key 
A sedimentary rock consisting of ooliths that are cemented together by calcium carbonate.

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Oolite

O"["o]*lite\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + -lite: cf.F. o["o]lithe. So named from its resemblance to the roe of fish.] (Geol.) A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.

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