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epiclastic

epiclastic adjective: describing rock formed from fragments of volcanic rock that have been moved to another place.

Adjective

epiclastic (not comparable)

  1. Describing rock formed from fragments of volcanic rock that have been moved to another place.

Origin of epiclastic

From epi- + clastic.

Questions about epiclastic

What does epiclastic mean?
Epiclastic means describing rock formed from fragments of volcanic rock that have been moved to another place.
What part of speech is epiclastic?
Epiclastic is an adjective.

Words near epiclastic in the dictionary

  1. epick
  2. epicks
  3. epiclassic
  4. epiclassical
  5. epiclast
  6. epiclastic
  7. epicleidal
  8. epicleidium
  9. epicleses
  10. epiclesis
  11. epicletic

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