n.
Pronunciation: ' grap-t ə - ˌ l ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek graptos painted (fr. graphein to write, paint) + English -lite ― more at CARVE
Date: 1841
: any of an extinct class (Graptolithina) of hemichordate colonial marine animals of the Paleozoic era with zooids contained in conical cups along a chitinous support