coccolith
noun 2
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noun
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A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
noun
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Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”).
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noun
A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
noun
Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”).