STROMATOLITE


Meaning of STROMATOLITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ strō-ˈma-tə-ˌlīt ]

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 -ˌma-tə-ˈli-tik adjective

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