microbialite
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sedimentary or accretionary structure formed by the action of microbes.
Example Sentences
- "The encrusting micrite is interpreted as a form of microbial micrite; this is termed microbialite (Burne and Moore, 1987) and in this study refers exclusively to inferred microbial carbonates."
- "These findings suggest that the molecular differences observed between the communities may be influencing the formation of the distinctive microfabrics of the microbialite deposits."