Al've-o-līte or Al-vē'o-līte, n.

n. [Fr. alvéolithe, from Lat. alveus, alveolus, and Gr. λίθος, stone. See supra.] (Zoöl.) A genus of coral zoöphytes, formed by numerous concentric layers of a hemispherical figure, each composed of little cells;—sometimes called alveolus. Dana.