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Definition of coccoliths:
(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 coccoliths:
(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.]