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graptolites

graptolites is the plural of graptolite.

Meaning of graptolite

Noun

graptolite (plural graptolites)

  1. Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods.
    • The samples were black shale, and on the shales were some ancient fossils called graptolites.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 70

Questions about graptolites

What is graptolites the plural of?
Graptolites is the plural of graptolite.

Words near graptolites in the dictionary

  1. grapsid
  2. grapsids
  3. grapsoid
  4. grapsoids
  5. graptolite
  6. graptolites
  7. graptolitic
  8. graptoloid
  9. graptomancy
  10. grapy
  11. GRAS

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