English edit

 
Gyrogonites from various species of Tolypella.

Etymology edit

Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, circle, ring) + γόνος (gónos, fruit)

Noun edit

gyrogonite (plural gyrogonites)

  1. (paleontology) The petrified fruit of several species of stonewort
    • 1833, Charles Lyell, chapter XX, in Principles of Geology [] , volume III, London: John Murray, page 280:
      The shells and gyrogonites also agree specifically with some of those most common in the French deposits []

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