"graptolite" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹaptəlʌɪt/ [UK] Forms: graptolites [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γραπτός (graptós, “painted, marked with letters”) + -lite. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|γραπτός||painted, marked with letters}} Ancient Greek γραπτός (graptós, “painted, marked with letters”), {{suffix|en||lite}} + -lite Head templates: {{en-noun}} graptolite (plural graptolites)
  1. Any of a group of extinct aquatic colonial invertebrates, of the class Graptolithina, from the Cambrian and Carboniferous periods. Wikipedia link: graptolite Categories (lifeform): Animals Derived forms: graptolitic Related terms: sicula, prosicula, rhabdosome

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