English edit

Etymology edit

ornitho- +‎ -lite

Noun edit

ornitholite (plural ornitholites)

  1. (paleontology) The fossil remains of a bird.
  2. A stone of various colours bearing the figures of birds.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 ornitholite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)