favosites Geol.
(fævəˈsaɪtiːz)
Also anglicized as ˈfavosite.
[mod.L. (Lamarck) f. *favōsus: see prec.]
A genus of fossil zoophytes, resembling a honeycomb in appearance.
| 1832 in Webster. 1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 566 Favosites, a genus of fossil Zoophyta, common in the Silurian strata of Norway and Wales. 1846 Dana Zooph. iv. §62 (1848) 65 The Pocilloporæ, Favosites, and many Cyathophyllidæ. |