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ophiolithic

ophiolithic is the misspelling of ophiolitic.

Meaning of ophiolitic

Adjective

ophiolitic (comparative more ophiolitic, superlative most ophiolitic)

  1. Of or pertaining to sections of the oceanic crust and the subjacent upper mantle that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks
    • The shore of Newfoundland displays many ophiolitic deposits.

Questions about ophiolithic

What is ophiolithic the misspelling of?
Ophiolithic is the misspelling of ophiolitic.

Words near ophiolithic in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ophiolithic (page history and authors); ophiolitic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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