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o⋅o⋅lite

[oh-uh-lahyt]

–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 oölithēs. See oo-, -lite

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o·o·lite (ō'ə-līt') Pronunciation Key
n.

A small round calcareous grain found, for example, in limestones.
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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