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Meaning of SPONGIOLITE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spon"gi*o*lite\, n. [Gr. ? sponge + -lite.]
(Paleon.)
One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur
abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found
fossil, as in flints.

 

 

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