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单词 radiolite
释义

radiolite

/ˈreɪdɪə(ʊ)lʌɪt/
Now rare
noun
1 Palaeontology. A rudist bivalve mollusc of the Cretaceous genus Radiolites or family Radiolitidae.
  • N.E.D. (1903) gives another sense, for a kind of cephalopod, citing G. B. Sowerby Man. Conchol. (1839) 91, but this arises from a misreading of Radiolites for Radiolata..
2 Mineralogy. A variety of natrolite occurring in masses with a radiated structure. Chiefly historical.

Origin

Mid 19th century. From radius + -o- + -lite. In sense 1 after either French radiolite or scientific Latin Radiolites, genus name.

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