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Webster 1913 Edition

Scolithus

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Scol′i-thus

(? or ?)

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

σκώληξ

a worm +

λίθοσ

a stone.]

(Paleon.)

A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.

Definition 2024

scolithus

scolithus

English

Noun

scolithus ‎(plural scolithi)

(paleontology) A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.