CYATHOPHYLLOID

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllidæ.

2.
n.

A fossil coral of the family Cyathophyllidæ; sometimes extended to fossil corals of other related families belonging to the group Rugosa; -- also called cup corals. Thay are found in paleozoic rocks.


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