gyrogonite

noun

gy·​rog·​o·​nite

jīˈrägəˌnīt

plural -s

: a minute ovoid spiral-marked body that is the residue of the calcareous incrustation about the female sex organs of a fossil stonewort

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New Latin Gyrogonites

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