ˈcochlite Palæont.
[f. mod.L. cochlites, f. Gr. κόχλος spiral sea-shell + -ite.]
A fossil spiral shell.
| [1695 Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iv. (1723) 203 The Bodyes which are call'd, by Naturalists..Cochlitæ.] 1698 Molyneux in Phil. Trans. XX. 219 Without any Mixture of Cochlite, Belemnite..or such like extraneous Matter. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 584 A cochlite, or sea-snail, found in a vein of gold in Transilvania. |