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Noun: graptolite  'grap-tu,lIt
  1. A fossil of an extinct marine colonial animal, characterized by a pencil-like or branching form, found mainly in Ordovician and Silurian rocks
    "Graptolites are important index fossils for dating Paleozoic strata"

Derived forms: graptolites

Encyclopedia: Graptolite