Al·ve·o·li·tes
| \ ˌalvēəˈlītēz, (ˌ)alˌvē- \
Definition of Alveolites
: a genus of fossil corals of the Silurian and Devonian rocks having massive or branching bodies with compressed thin-walled corallites
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The first known use of Alveolites was in 1818
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