cyatholith Biol.
(saɪˈæθəlɪθ)
[f. cyathus + -lith.]
A kind of coccolith resembling two cups placed base to base.
| 1875 Carpenter Microsc. & Rev. §367 Two distinct types are recognizable among the Coccoliths, which Prof. Huxley has designated respectively discoliths and cyatholiths. Ibid. §409 When viewed sideways or obliquely..the cyatholiths are found to have a form somewhat resembling that of a shirt-stud. |