favosite

[ fav-uh-sahyt ]

noun

1. any of numerous corals of the extinct genus Favosites, most common during the Silurian and Devonian periods, having polygonal cells with rows of pores in the walls.

Word History and Origins

Origin of favosite¹

1825–35; < New Latin Favosites, equivalent to Latin fav ( us ) honeycomb + -ōs(us ) -ose ¹ + Greek -itēs -ite ¹

Example Sentences

But this little Favosite, for that was his name, became lonesome on the bottom of that old ocean; so one night, when he was fast asleep and dreaming as only a coral animal can dream, there sprouted out of his side another little Favosite, who very soon began to wall himself up as his parent had done.

From Project Gutenberg