Bafflestone

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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