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Definition of coccolith:

(n) : (biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
(n) : (mineralogy) Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”). [(mineralogy, obsolete) The mineral diopside.]

Definition of coccolith:

(n) : (biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
(n) : (mineralogy) Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”). [(mineralogy, obsolete) The mineral diopside.]

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