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ameghinite

ameghinite noun: a soft monoclinic mineral found in Argentina.

Noun

ameghinite (uncountable)

  1. A soft monoclinic mineral found in Argentina.

Origin of ameghinite

From Italian Ameghino + -ite, after the Argentine geologist brothers Carlos Ameghino (1865–1936) and Florentino Ameghino (1854–1911).

Questions about ameghinite

What does ameghinite mean?
Ameghinite means a soft monoclinic mineral found in Argentina.
What part of speech is ameghinite?
Ameghinite is a noun.

Words near ameghinite in the dictionary

  1. ameerate
  2. ameerates
  3. ameers
  4. Amees
  5. amegakaryocytic
  6. ameghinite
  7. ameiosis
  8. ameiotic
  9. ameiotically
  10. ameiva
  11. ameivas

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