Definition for O'O-LITE

O'O-LITE, n. [Gr. ωον, an egg, and λιθος, stone, from its resemblance to the roes of fish.]

  1. Egg-stone, a variety of concreted carbonate of lime; ovi-form limestone. Jameson.
  2. Limestone composed of an aggregation of spheroidal grains. Mantell.

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