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ganil

ganil noun: a kind of brittle limestone.

Noun

ganil (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A kind of brittle limestone.
    • Here [in Pure limes] may be included stalactites , marble , limestone , chalk , zufa , ganil1799, John Coakley Lettsom, The Naturalist's and Traveller's Companion

Origin of ganil

French

Questions about ganil

What does ganil mean?
Ganil means a kind of brittle limestone.
What part of speech is ganil?
Ganil is a noun.

Words near ganil in the dictionary

  1. Ganienkeh
  2. ganif
  3. ganifs
  4. ganika
  5. ganikas
  6. ganil
  7. Ganim
  8. ganirelix
  9. ganister
  10. ganisters
  11. ganitumab

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