# rhabdolith

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A minute calcareous rodlike structure found at both the surface and the bottom of the ocean, supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.
2. Any Mesozoic and Cenozoic coccolith consisting of a single plate with a stem.

## Etymology
From rhabdo- + -lith.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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