biostrome
/ˈbʌɪəstrəʊm/Geology
noun
A deposit consisting of a bed or sheet (as opposed to a mound or domed structure) of the calcareous skeletal remains of sedentary organisms (shells, crinoids, corals, etc.).
Origin
1930s. From bio- + ancient Greek στρῶμα mattress, bed: compare quot. 1932.
- geobotanist
- geobotany
- geocache
- geocacher
- geocaching
- geocarpic
- geocentric
- geocentrical
- geocentrically
- geocentricism
- geocentricity
- geocentric latitude
- geocentrism
- geochemic
- geochemical
- geochemist
- geochemistry
- geochronological
- geochronologically
- geochronologist
- geochronology
- geochronometer
- geochronometric
- geochronometry
- geoclinal