Ooid

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  • n. A small calcium carbonate or iron coated grain found on the seafloor.
  • adj. Shaped like an egg; ovoid; ovate.
    • Word Usage
    "Those conditions are most often found in shoals, sandbanks that create shallow water; Joulters Cay is one of the rare ooid beaches, and Andros Island pictured above has Pleistocene-epoch oolitic deposits."
    Cross Reference
    oolite   
    Unknown
    ovoid   
    Form
    ooidal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    oolith   
     
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