ichthyodorulite
English edit
Etymology edit
From ichthyo- + Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru) + -lite
Noun edit
ichthyodorulite (plural ichthyodorulites)
- (zoology) One of the spiny plates found on the back and tail of certain skates.
- (geology) A fossil fish-spine found in stratified rock.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ichthyodorulite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)