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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Alveolites
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Al·ve·o·li·tes
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ˌalvēəˈlītēz
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(ˌ)alˌvē-
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Origin and Etymology of alveolites
New Latin, from Latin alveolus small cavity + New Latin -ites -ite
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