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Meaning of coccosphere | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A small rounded marine organism, capable of breaking up into coccoliths.

Examples

“Knappertsbusch et al. (1997) redefined the C. leptoporus morphotype concept of Knappertsbusch (1990) by measureing the coccosphere diameter and mean coccolith diameter of an additional 63 coccospheres.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

coccostean coccosteid cocculin cocculine cocculinellid cocculinid

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