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ooidal

ooidal adjective: egg-shaped.

Adjective

ooidal (not comparable)

  1. Egg-shaped.
    Synonyms:
    ooid, ovoid
  2. Oolitic.
    • The lithostrotionoid corals are common in bryozoan-echinoderm and ooidal packstones adjacent to ooidal and well-sorted crinoid grainstones.1975, Augustus K. Armstrong, Carboniferous Corals of Alaska, A Preliminary Report, Paleozoic Corals of Alaska, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 823, Parts 1-4, page 49
    • The two formations show similar types of ooidal ironstone as well as other quite different lithologies.2004, East Midlands Geological Society, The Mercian Geologist, volume 16, page 214

Synonyms of ooidal

Forms of ooidal

alternative formoöidal

Origin of ooidal

From ooid + -al.

Questions about ooidal

What does ooidal mean?
Ooidal means egg-shaped.
What part of speech is ooidal?
Ooidal is an adjective.

Words near ooidal in the dictionary

  1. oohings
  2. oohrah
  3. oohs
  4. OOI
  5. ooid
  6. ooidal
  7. ooids
  8. Oois
  9. ooja
  10. oojah
  11. oojah capivvy

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