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amygdaloid

amygdaloid adjective: shaped like an almond.

Adjective

amygdaloid (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like an almond
  2. Relating to the amygdala

Noun

amygdaloid (countable and uncountable, plural amygdaloids)

  1. A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
    Synonyms:
    mandlestone

amygdaloid meaning in Tamil and Kannada

amygdaloid in Tamil

கனிமநிறை எரிமலைப்பாறை

amygdaloid in Kannada

ಮೆಂಡಿಕೆಬಗೆಯ, ತಲ್ಲಣಗೂಡುಬಗೆಯ, ತಲ್ಲಣಮಿದುಳುಬಗೆಯ

Synonyms of amygdaloid

Forms of amygdaloid

pluralamygdaloids

Origin of amygdaloid

From Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”) + -oid.

Words formed from amygdaloid

Questions about amygdaloid

What does amygdaloid mean?
Amygdaloid means shaped like an almond.
What is amygdaloid in Tamil?
Amygdaloid in Tamil is கனிமநிறை எரிமலைப்பாறை. See Amygdaloid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is amygdaloid?
Amygdaloid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near amygdaloid in the dictionary

  1. amygdalocortical
  2. amygdalofugal
  3. amygdalohippocampal
  4. amygdalohippocampectomies
  5. amygdalohippocampectomy
  6. amygdaloid
  7. amygdaloidal
  8. amygdaloids
  9. amygdalopiriform
  10. amygdalose
  11. amygdalostriatal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: amygdaloid (page history and authors); amygdaloid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amygdaloid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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