Hyolithes

noun

Hy·​ol·​i·​thes

hīˈäləˌthēz

: a genus of Paleozoic swimming pteropod mollusks especially common in the Cambrian

hyolithid

-thə̇d

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from hy- + -lithes (from Greek lithos stone)

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