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单词 spreite
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Definition of spreite in English:

spreite

nounPlural spreiten, Plural spreites ˈʃprʌɪtəˈSHprītə
  • A banded pattern of uncertain origin found in the infill of the burrows of certain fossil invertebrates.

    〔古生物〕(无脊椎动物化石洞穴中空隙处发现的)蹼状构造

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Planolites, Diplocraterion and vertical and inclined burrows with spreite are common.
    • Sheeted traces with curved spreite have been described as Heimdallia from mid-Palaeozoic coarse sandstone units in the Beacon Supergroup and the Tumblagooda Sandstone.
    • If these structures are actively back-filled as the organisms move through the sediment distinctive laminations termed spreite can be formed.
    • In the latter two ichnotaxa, the vertical spreite in the distal part of the structure is generated by the retrusive, axial migration of an upper, upward bending J-shaped tube.
    • It is in the nature of Diplocraterion to show truncation of the higher ends of tubes and spreite.

Origin

1960s: from German Spreite 'layer, lamina'.

Definition of spreite in US English:

spreite

nounˈSHprītə
  • A banded pattern of uncertain origin found in the infill of the burrows of certain fossil invertebrates.

    〔古生物〕(无脊椎动物化石洞穴中空隙处发现的)蹼状构造

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If these structures are actively back-filled as the organisms move through the sediment distinctive laminations termed spreite can be formed.
    • Planolites, Diplocraterion and vertical and inclined burrows with spreite are common.
    • It is in the nature of Diplocraterion to show truncation of the higher ends of tubes and spreite.
    • Sheeted traces with curved spreite have been described as Heimdallia from mid-Palaeozoic coarse sandstone units in the Beacon Supergroup and the Tumblagooda Sandstone.
    • In the latter two ichnotaxa, the vertical spreite in the distal part of the structure is generated by the retrusive, axial migration of an upper, upward bending J-shaped tube.

Origin

1960s: from German Spreite ‘layer, lamina’.

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