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Meaning Of Bufonite
n.
An old name for a fossil consisting of the petrified
teeth and palatal bones of fishes belonging to the family of Pycnodonts
(thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oolite and chalk formations;
toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in
the head of a toad.