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English

holococcolith

From holo- + coccolith.

Formed from holo- + coccolith

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós

Ancient Greek ὅλος ‘whole, entire’

English holo-

Today it means

noun A form of coccolith, composed of minute calcite rhombohedra arranged in continuous arrays, produced by a holococcolithophore

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