Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Toadstone; a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth of Sphærodus, Pycnodus, and other Mesozoic ganoid fishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oölite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun paleontology, obsolete A
fossil consisting of the petrified teeth and palatal bones offishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts, whose remains occur in theoolite and chalk formations.
Etymologies
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Latin bufo toad and -ite. It was once believed to be formed in the head of a toad.
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