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- Ancient Greek · derived fromστρώματα
- English todaystromatolite
From Ancient Greek στρώματα (strṓmata) (plural of στρῶμα (strôma, “layer”)) + λίθος (líthos, “stone, rock”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
stromatolite
Today it means: A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from 3.5 to 0.5 billion years ago, with some still being formed at present, some or all of which result from the deposit of minerals by microorganisms such as cyanobacteria. Full definition →
Ancient Greek στρώματα