oolitic

adj, noun — 4 senses

oolitic

adj

Etymology From oolite + -ic.

1

Geography, Geology, Natural sciences Made up of, or containing oolites

Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.1844, Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands:

2

Dated, Obsolete Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.

These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period1852, J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California:

Derived terms: nonoolitic

oolitic

noun

Etymology From oolite + -ic.

1

An oolite.

2

Dated, Obsolete A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.

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