单词 | cololite |
释义 | cololiten. Geology. An intestine-like mass or impression found in the oolitic rocks of Solenhofen, and regarded as worm-casts, or as the petrified intestines of fishes with their contents. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > oolite > cololite cololite1836 1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xiv. 200 To these remarkable fossils he [Agassiz] has given the name of Cololites. 1844 G. A. Mantell Medals of Creation II. 657. 1860 R. Owen Palæontol. 39 The Cololites of the lithographic limestone are most probably the castings of worms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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