gyrogonite

English

Gyrogonites from various species of Tolypella.

Etymology

Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle, ring”) + γόνος (gónos, “fruit”)

Noun

gyrogonite (plural gyrogonites)

1. (paleontology) The petrified fruit of several species of stonewort
   • 1833, Charles Lyell, chapter XX, in Principles of Geology […] , volume III, London: John Murray, page 280:

     The shells and gyrogonites also agree specifically with some of those most common in the French deposits […]

References

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