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graptolite

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Noun
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grap=to=lite

CIDE DICTIONARY

graptoliten. [NL, Graptolithus, from Gr. is engraved, written (gra`fein to write) + stone.].
     One of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group (Graptolithina) supposed to be hydroids.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

graptolite, n. an extinct marine invertebrate animal found as a fossil in lower Palaeozoic rocks.

Etymology
Gk graptos marked with letters + -LITE

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