biomineralizedadj.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈmɪn(ə)rəlʌɪzd/, /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈmɪn(ə)rl̩ʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɪn(ə)rəˌlaɪzd/ Converted into or consisting of a biomineral; containing structures composed of a biomineral.
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1975 Micropaleontology 21 215 Amino acids from the organic matrix of biomineralized tissue can be preserved in fossil skeletons over significant periods of geologic time.
2005 M. Bjornerud Reading Rocks ii. 52 Most fossil-bearing layers are..marine morgues containing biomineralized remains of creatures that had died sometime before they were incorporated into a sedimentary layer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1975- testacelloid
- testaceo
- testaceo-
- testaceo-fuscous
- testaceo-piceous
- testaceo-theology
- testaceofuscous
- testaceography
- testaceological
- testaceology
- testaceopiceous
- testaceotheology
- testaceous
- testaceous fish
- testaceousness
- testacies
- testacy
- testacye
- testae
- testament
- testament dative
- testament-book
- testament-maker
- testament-making
- testament-man