Bafflestone
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A kind of calcareous rock where organisms have acted as baffles during deposition, reducing the local depositional energy. countable, uncountable
"The ingredients for recognizing a bafflestone are the presence of a large number of in-situ stalk-shaped fossils, and a good imagination on the part of the geologist."
Example
More examples"The ingredients for recognizing a bafflestone are the presence of a large number of in-situ stalk-shaped fossils, and a good imagination on the part of the geologist."
Etymology
From baffle + stone.
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