Usually means: Microscopic calcareous plates in coccolithophores.
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  1. discolith: Merriam-Webster
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  6. discolith: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (discolith)

▸ noun:  (biology) A kind of coccolith with an oval discoidal body, a thick strongly refracting rim and a thinner central portion.

Similar:
coccolithophoride, coccolithophorid, coccolithophore, heterococcolith, holococcolithophore, heterococcolithophore, zygolith, coccosphere, discocone, stercolith, more...

Opposite:
colith, lithify, lithology

Types:
sandstone, quartzite, rhyolite, andesite, diorite, gabbro, basalt, more...

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Similar:
coccolithophoride, coccolithophorid, coccolithophore, heterococcolith, holococcolithophore, heterococcolithophore, zygolith, coccosphere, discocone, stercolith, more...

Opposite:
colith, lithify, lithology

Types:
sandstone, quartzite, rhyolite, andesite, diorite, gabbro, basalt, more...



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