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Webster 1913 Edition

(-ō̍-līt)

Noun.

[Gr.

σπογγιά

sponge +

-lite

(Paleon.)

One of the microscopic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints.

spongiolite ‎(plural spongiolites)

(paleontology) One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossilized, as in flints.