graptolite
pronunciation
How to pronounce graptolite in British English:
UK ['græptəlaɪt]
How to pronounce graptolite in American English:
US ['græptəlaɪt]
Word Origin
- graptolite (n.)
- fossilized colonial animal from the Cambrian and later, 1838, from Modern Latin graptolithus, literally "written-stone," from Greek graptos "engraved, written, painted" (verbal adjective of graphein; see -graphy) + lithos "stone" (see litho-). So called because the fossils resemble pens. Related: Graptolitic.
Example
- 1. On some problems of the definition of the graptolite species and subspecies .
- 2. Zonation and diversity of the early ordovician graptolite fauna of yushan , jiangxi .