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eclogites

eclogites is the plural of eclogite.

Meaning of eclogite

Noun

eclogite (countable and uncountable, plural eclogites)

  1. A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet.
    • Assiduoud field-workers have discovered little pods of a rock called eclogite in the rocks around San Bernardino.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 101

Questions about eclogites

What is eclogites the plural of?
Eclogites is the plural of eclogite.

Words near eclogites in the dictionary

  1. ecliptick
  2. eclipticks
  3. ecliptics
  4. eclog
  5. eclogite
  6. eclogites
  7. eclogitic
  8. eclogitisation
  9. eclogitization
  10. eclogitize
  11. eclogitized

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