GRAPTOLITE


Meaning of GRAPTOLITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgrap-tə-ˌlīt ]

noun

Etymology: Greek graptos painted (from 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.