radiolarite

noun

ra·​di·​o·​lar·​ite

plural -s

1

: a fossil radiolarian shell

2

: a sediment or earth composed of the skeletal remains of radiolaria

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary radiolar- (from New Latin Radiolaria) + -ite

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