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fairy-beads

fairy-beads noun: the separate joints of the stems of fossil crinoids found in carboniferous limestone.

Noun

fairy-beads pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The separate joints of the stems of fossil crinoids found in carboniferous limestone.

Questions about fairy-beads

What does fairy-beads mean?
Fairy-beads means the separate joints of the stems of fossil crinoids found in carboniferous limestone.
What part of speech is fairy-beads?
Fairy-beads is a noun.

Words near fairy-beads in the dictionary

  1. fairy wand
  2. fairy wands
  3. fairy warbler
  4. fairy warblers
  5. fairy wren
  6. fairy-beads
  7. fairy-bluebird
  8. fairy-bluebirds
  9. fairy-kei
  10. fairy-land
  11. fairy-lit

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