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hemipelagite

hemipelagite noun: a type of marine sediment that consists of clay and silt-sized grains that are terrigenous and some biogenic material derived from the landmass nearest the deposits or from organisms living in the water.

Noun

hemipelagite (countable and uncountable, plural hemipelagites)

  1. A type of marine sediment that consists of clay and silt-sized grains that are terrigenous and some biogenic material derived from the landmass nearest the deposits or from organisms living in the water.

Forms of hemipelagite

pluralhemipelagites

Questions about hemipelagite

What does hemipelagite mean?
Hemipelagite means a type of marine sediment that consists of clay and silt-sized grains that are terrigenous and some biogenic material derived from the landmass nearest the deposits or from organisms living in the water.
What part of speech is hemipelagite?
Hemipelagite is a noun.
What is the plural of hemipelagite?
The plural of hemipelagite is hemipelagites.

Words near hemipelagite in the dictionary

  1. hemiparkinsonisms
  2. hemipeen
  3. hemipeens
  4. hemipelagic
  5. hemipelagic sediment
  6. hemipelagite
  7. hemipelagites
  8. hemipelvectomies
  9. hemipelvectomy
  10. hemipelves
  11. hemipelvic

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