spreite
See also: Spreite
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Spreite.
Noun
spreite (plural spreites or spreiten)
- (geology) A sedimentary lamina caused by animal behaviour.
- 2012, Dirk Knaust, Trace Fossils as Indicators of Sedimentary Environments, page 278:
- The upper part of bivalve-generated burrows includes the siphon trace (one or two siphons) that extends from the body cavity to the sediment/water interface, and any protrusive spreiten above the shell.
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Anagrams
- respite, speerit