goniatitic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a goniatite, especially the characteristic wavy patterns of their fossils.
Example Sentences
- "To the naked eye the lateral lobes appear nearly goniatitic or faintly serrated, but by means of a lens denticulations in the ogival arch, which forms the base of the principal lateral lobe, can be made out distinctly."
- "In terms of hard-part morphology, goniatites are diagnosed by the simple to goniatitic form of their sutures."
- "The Goniatitida were characterised by a smooth, undulated or bended suture ('goniatitic'), whereas the Ceratitida possessed sutures that were posteriorly zig-zagging but anteriorly smooth ('ceratitic')."
Etymology
From goniatite + -ic.