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ooid
ooid
See also: oöid
English

surface of an ooid-rich limestone
Noun
ooid (plural ooids)
- (geology) A small calcium carbonate or iron coated grain found on the seafloor.
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seafloor grain
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Adjective
ooid (comparative more ooid, superlative most ooid)
- Shaped like an egg; ovoid; ovate.
- 2001, George L. Hersey, The Monumental Impulse: Architecture's Biological Roots, page 152:
- One thinks of everything from amphitheaters like the Colosseum to Buckminster Fuller in his more ooid modes
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egg-shaped
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