lapillus
Americannoun
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lapilli
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noun
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lapilli
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Etymology
Origin of lapillus
1740–50; < Latin: little stone, pebble, diminutive of lapis stone
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VI, are taken from Koren and Danielssen’s90 memoir on the development of Purpura lapillus.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock
Thus:— agellus, field, for ager-lus; lapillus, pebble, for lapid-lus.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
The following marine shells occur mixed with the freshwater species above enumerated:—Buccinum undatum, Littorina littorea, Nassa reticulata, Purpura lapillus, Tellina solidula, Cardium edule, and fragments of some others.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
In the common British Purpura lapillus they resemble delicate pink grains of rice set on stalks; in Busycon they are disk-shaped, and attached to a band nearly 3 ft. long.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
The varieties of the P. lapillus differ considerably.
From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson
It's here that the removal of lapilli and ash has exposed more astonishing artwork.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023
What they hadn't counted on was the roof collapsing from the weight of all the lapilli and ash.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2023
Human life in Pompeii came to an abrupt halt nearly 2,000 years ago, when Mount Vesuvius spilled tons of lapilli, ash and rock onto the ancient Roman city, preserving it in time.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2020
One potentially useful marker we’ve noticed here in New Mexico is the distribution of lapilli — the ashy hailstones that fall out of a cloud of volcanic debris.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2011
Destruction of Pompeii.—Pompeii was overwhelmed with dry ashes and lapilli.
From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Edward Hull
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