rhabdolith

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rhabdolith \Rhab"do*lith\, n. [Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + -lith.]
   A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the
   surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to
   be a calcareous alga.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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