Ambocoelia

noun

Am·​bo·​coe·​lia

ˌambōˈsēlēə

: a genus of small smooth or spinose plano-convex fossil brachiopods characteristic of Devonian and Carboniferous rocks

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Greek ambōn rim, edge + koilia cavity, from koilos hollow + -ia

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

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