SINCE 1828
Favosites
noun
Fav·o·si·tes
Definition of Favosites
: a genus (the type of a large exclusively Paleozoic family Favositidae) of extinct corals having polygonal cells with perforated walls especially abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks
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