My DICTIONARY OF WORD ROOTS AND COMBINING FORMS (Donald J. Borror, 1971 edition) lists cimoli, =a (Greek). a white clay.
-----------Harry Pristis
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In a message dated 7/30/2004 11:09:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, mike@oceansofkansas.com writes:
All,
Leidy (1857) described a fish (Cimolichthys levesiensis) from the English Chalk. I haven’t been able to track down the meaning of “cimol”
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Mike Everhart
Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Fort Hays State University
http://www.oceansofkansas.com/