arenicolite
English
Etymology
From Latin arena (“sand”) + colere (“to cherish or live”); and see -ite.
Noun
arenicolite (plural arenicolites)
- (paleontology) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for arenicolite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- ricinoleate