Home US English hippuritic

Definition of hippuritic in English:

hippuritic

Pronunciation /ˌhɪpjəˈrɪtɪk/

adjective

historical Geology

  • Of limestone: containing fossil bivalve molluscs of the family Hippuritidae.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. From hippurite + -ic.