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coccolith

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
coc-col-ith
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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”).

Etymology

Derived from coccolithophore. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”), due to the shape of the organism's exoskeleton.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

coccoliths (plural)

Derived Forms

coccolithic coccolithogenesis heterococcolith holococcolith

Questions

What does coccolith mean?
A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
Where does coccolith come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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