Palæont. [a. F. cérite, ad. mod.L. cerithium, name of the genus.] A genus of fossil brachiopod mollusks. Also attrib.
1811. Pinkerton, Petral., I. 497. Some of the marl beds contain cardites … cerites or screws.
1852. Th. Ross, trans. Humboldt’s Trav., I. v. 184. The cerite limestone of the banks of the Seine is sometimes mixed with sandstone.
