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Webster 1913 Edition

(s?-?th′?-l?th)

Noun.

[Gr.

κύαθοσ

a cup +

-lith

(Biol.)

A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from ¹&frasl;₆₀₀₀to ¹&frasl;₈₀₀₀of an inch.