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cataclasites

cataclasites is the plural of cataclasite.

Meaning of cataclasite

Noun

cataclasite (plural cataclasites)

  1. A type of cataclastic rock that is formed by fracturing and comminution during faulting.

Questions about cataclasites

What is cataclasites the plural of?
Cataclasites is the plural of cataclasite.

Words near cataclasites in the dictionary

  1. Catachrysea
  2. catachthonian
  3. cataclases
  4. cataclasis
  5. cataclasite
  6. cataclasites
  7. cataclasm
  8. cataclasms
  9. cataclastic
  10. catacline
  11. cataclines

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