arenicolite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wormhole or other burrowing tunnel preserved in sandstone or another rock.

Word forms

arenicolite arenicolites

Etymology

From Latin arena (“sand”) + colere (“to cherish or live”); and see -ite.

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