oolite noun. ['ǝʊǝlʌɪt] E19.
[French oölithe, mod. Latin oolites: see OO-, -LITE.]
Geology.
1. Orig., any limestone composed of small rounded granules like the roe of a fish. Now spec. any of a series of such limestones and other sedimentary rocks of the Jurassic system, lying above the lias. E19.

2. = OOLITH. M19.

■ oo'litic adjective of or pertaining to oolite; of the nature of oolite: L18.

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