rare. [ad. F. zoölite (J. F. Esper, 1774), f. Gr. ζῴον animal + λίθος stone: see -LITE.] A fossil animal or animal substance.

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1822.  J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 327. Where M. Esper, the narrator, expected to be left to augment the number of zoolites contained in these terrific mansions [sc. caves].

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