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oolitic
adj 2noun 2
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4ADJ.
white
VERB + OOLITIC
belonging
OOLITIC + NOUN
period
ADV.
finely
Definitions
adj
1
Made up of, or containing oolites
Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.
2
Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.
These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period
noun
1
An oolite.
2
A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.
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Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.
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These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period
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