单词 | encrinite |
释义 | encrinite Zool. and Geol.|ˈɛnkrɪnaɪt| [f. encrin-us + -ite.] A fossil crinoid; formerly sometimes extended to crinoids generally.
1808Parkinson Organ. Rem. II. 153 (in Rees). 1819Rees Cycl., Encrinites, a kind of columnar extraneous or organized fossil. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xiii. 10 A tribe of plant-like animals..which, from a supposed resemblance..to the blossom of a liliaceous plant have been denominated Encrinites. 1854F. C. Bakewell Geol. 30 The prevailing characteristic fossils being encrinites and madrepores. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. iv. §21. 191 A piece of limestone is..made up of the crowded joints of the encrinite or stone-lily—a marine animal. attrib.1822G. Young Geol. Surv. Yorksh. Coast (1828) 21 Masses of the encrinite limestone. 1847E. Forbes in Wilson & Geikie Mem. xii. (1861) 413, I went to seek out the localities for the encrinite heads. |

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