English Explanatory Dictionary

autolith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rock fragment that has become enveloped in a larger rock of a similar type, during the latter's development and hardening.

Word forms

autolith autoliths

Etymology

From auto- + -lith.

Related words

autolithic xenolith
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