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ophiolites

ophiolites is the plural of ophiolite.

Meaning of ophiolite

Noun

ophiolite (plural ophiolites)

  1. An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island.

Questions about ophiolites

What is ophiolites the plural of?
Ophiolites is the plural of ophiolite.

Words near ophiolites in the dictionary

  1. ophioleucin
  2. ophioleucinid
  3. ophioleucinids
  4. ophioleucins
  5. ophiolite
  6. ophiolites
  7. ophiolithic
  8. ophiolitic
  9. ophioliticlastic
  10. ophiolitiferous
  11. ophiolitologist

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