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ichthyolith

ichthyolith noun: any disarticulated fossil from a fish, especially a tooth or scale.

Noun

ichthyolith (plural ichthyoliths)

  1. Any disarticulated fossil from a fish, especially a tooth or scale.

Forms of ichthyolith

pluralichthyoliths

Origin of ichthyolith

From ichthyo- + -lith, coined in 1974 by Doyle, Kennedy and Riedel.

Questions about ichthyolith

What does ichthyolith mean?
Ichthyolith means any disarticulated fossil from a fish, especially a tooth or scale.
What part of speech is ichthyolith?
Ichthyolith is a noun.
What is the plural of ichthyolith?
The plural of ichthyolith is ichthyoliths.

Words near ichthyolith in the dictionary

  1. ichthyol
  2. ichthyolatrous
  3. ichthyolatry
  4. ichthyolite
  5. ichthyolites
  6. ichthyolith
  7. ichthyoliths
  8. ichthyolitic
  9. ichthyologic
  10. ichthyological
  11. ichthyologically

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