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marsupite

marsupite noun: a fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse.

Noun

marsupite (plural marsupites)

  1. A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse.
    • The most remarkable fossil of this class is the marsupite, which I have thus named from its resemblance, when closed, to a purse. The marsupite (Tab. 51) was a molluscous animal, of a sub-ovate form, having the mouth, which was surrounded by arms, or tentacula, in the centre.1839, Gideon Algernon Mantell, The Wonders of Geology, volume 1, page 309
    • The crinoideans are sparingly distributed in the cretaceous group; the most remarkable is the marsupite, which appears to have been an unattached crinoidean.1839, Rosina Maria Zornlin, Recreations in Geology, page 84

Forms of marsupite

pluralmarsupites

Origin of marsupite

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”) + English -ite; see also marsupial.

Questions about marsupite

What does marsupite mean?
Marsupite means a fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse.
What part of speech is marsupite?
Marsupite is a noun.
What is the plural of marsupite?
The plural of marsupite is marsupites.

Words near marsupite in the dictionary

  1. marsupiates
  2. marsupicarnivore
  3. marsupicarnivores
  4. marsupiform
  5. marsupion
  6. marsupite
  7. marsupites
  8. marsupium
  9. marsupiums
  10. Marsworth
  11. Marszalek

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