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comparative more oolitic, superlative most oolitic
(geology) Made up of, or containing oolites quotations
Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.
1844, Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands
(dated, 19th century) Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic. quotations examples
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 period
1852, J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California
plural oolitics
An oolite. examples
(dated, 19th century) A prehistoric era; the Jurassic. examples