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coccolith

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kok′ə lith′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
coc•co•lith  (kok′ə lith′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geology, Microbiologya microscopic calcareous disk or ring making up part of the covering of certain marine plankton and forming much of the content of chalk rocks.
  • Neo-Latin Coccolithus origin, originally a genus name; see coccus, -o-, -lith
  • 1865–70
coc′co•lith′ic, adj. 

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