n.
Pronunciation: str ō - ' ma-t ə - ˌ l ī t
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin stromat-, stroma bed covering + English -o- + -lite
Date: 1930
: a laminated usually mounded sedimentary fossil formed from layers of cyanobacteria, calcium carbonate, and trapped sediment
– stro · mat · o · lit · ic \ - ˌ ma-t ə - ' li-tik \ adjective