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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coccolith /ˈkɒkəlɪθ/

▶noun Biology a minute rounded calcareous platelet, numbers of which form the spherical shells of coccolithophores.

– origin C19: from Gk kokkos ‘grain or berry’ + lithos ‘stone’.

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