Geol. Also anglicized as favosite. [mod.L. (Lamarck) f. *favōsus: see prec.] A genus of fossil zoophytes, resembling a honeycomb in appearance.
1832. in Webster.
1845. Penny Cycl., Suppl. I. 566. Favosites, a genus of fossil Zoophyta, common in the Silurian strata of Norway and Wales.
1846. Dana, Zooph., iv. § 62 (1848), 65. The Pocilloporæ, Favosites, and many Cyathophyllidæ.
