ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌlithəˈfȯrəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Coccolithophora, type genus (from English coccolith + New Latin -o- + -phora ) + -idae
: a family of minute marine chrysomonad flagellates having a skeleton of calcareous plates — see coccolithophore