[grap.to.lite] n [Gk graptos painted (fr. graphein to write, paint) + E -lite--more at carve] (1841): any of numerous extinct fossil colonial Paleozoic animals (group Graptolitoidea) with zooids in cups along a chitinous support
GRAPTOLITE
Meaning of GRAPTOLITE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012