coccolithophore

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + φόρος (phóros, “carry”); this compound references how the phytoplanktonic organism's life cycle results in the depositing of its microscopic seed-like calcic exoskeleton, forming calcite. === Noun === coccolithophore (plural coccolithophores) Any of many minute mostly marine planktonic biflagellated organisms with brown chromatophores and complex calcareous, less commonly siliceous, shells. ==== Derived terms ==== coccolith heterococcolithophore holococcolithophore ==== Related terms ==== coccolithophorid == French == === Noun === coccolithophore m (plural coccolithophores) coccolithophore