oolitic

comparative more oolitic · superlative most oolitic

1. geographyMade up of, or containing oolites

   Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles.

   1844, Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands

2. datedobsoleteOf a prehistoric era; Jurassic.

   These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period

   1852, J.C. Fremont, The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California

plural oolitics

1. An oolite.
2. datedobsoleteA prehistoric era; the Jurassic.