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† ˈhysterolite Min. Obs.
Also erron. hysterio-.
[f. Gr. ὑστέρα womb + λίθος stone, from its fancied appearance. Cf. F. hystérolithe.]
A fossil shell: see quot. 1854.
[1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Hysterolithus, a sort of Stone.] 1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. v. 244 Petrifactions, as hysteriolites, mytilites, &c. are found in it [rubble stone]. 1854Woodward Mollusca ii. 229 Orthis Striatula: internal casts of this fossil were called hysterolites by old authors. |