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Favosites

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Favˊo-si′tes

(făvˊō̍-sī′tēz)
,
Noun.
[NL. See
Favose
.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.