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malacolite

malacolite noun: diopside.

Noun

malacolite (countable and uncountable, plural malacolites)

  1. (obsolete) diopside

Forms of malacolite

pluralmalacolites

Origin of malacolite

Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”) + -lite

Questions about malacolite

What does malacolite mean?
Malacolite means diopside.
What part of speech is malacolite?
Malacolite is a noun.
What is the plural of malacolite?
The plural of malacolite is malacolites.

Words near malacolite in the dictionary

  1. malacoderm
  2. malacoderms
  3. malacofauna
  4. malacofaunal
  5. malacoid
  6. malacolite
  7. malacolites
  8. malacological
  9. malacologist
  10. malacologists
  11. malacology

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