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語源

From Latin bufo (“toad”) + -ite. It was once believed to be formed in the head of a toad.

名詞

bufonite (plural bufonites)

1. (paleontology, obsolete) A fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of pycnodonts, whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations.

同意語

• toadstone

参照

• “bufonite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.