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mineraloid

mineraloid noun: a substance that resembles a mineral but does not exhibit crystallinity.

Noun

mineraloid (plural mineraloids)

  1. A substance that resembles a mineral but does not exhibit crystallinity.

Forms of mineraloid

pluralmineraloids

Origin of mineraloid

From mineral + -oid.

Questions about mineraloid

What does mineraloid mean?
Mineraloid means a substance that resembles a mineral but does not exhibit crystallinity.
What part of speech is mineraloid?
Mineraloid is a noun.
What is the plural of mineraloid?
The plural of mineraloid is mineraloids.

Words near mineraloid in the dictionary

  1. mineralogizing
  2. mineralographer
  3. mineralographers
  4. mineralography
  5. mineralogy
  6. mineraloid
  7. mineraloids
  8. mineralomass
  9. mineralomasses
  10. minerals
  11. mineratrophic

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