corallite

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Noun
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cor=al=lite

CIDE DICTIONARY

coralliten. [L. corallum coral.].
  •  A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

corallite, n.
1 the coral skeleton of a marine polyp.
2 fossil coral.

Etymology
L corallum CORAL

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