marinite
English
noun
Definitions
- (geology) A gray to black oil shale of marine origin in which the chiefmain organic components are lamalginite and bituminite derived from marine phytoplankton, with varied admixtures of bitumen, telalginite and vitrinite
Etymology
Suffix from English marine.
Origin
English
marine
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aeromarine English
- cismarine English
- fluviomarine English
- glaciomarine English
- marine English
- marined English
- marinescape English
- marinization English
- marinize English
- marinone English
- nonmarine English
- submarine English
- transmarine English
- ultramarine English
- zoomaric English
- marin Middle French