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pelagosite

pelagosite noun: a pisolitic variety of aragonite.

Noun

pelagosite (uncountable)

  1. A pisolitic variety of aragonite.

Origin of pelagosite

From Italian Pelagosa + -ite, after its type locality.

Questions about pelagosite

What does pelagosite mean?
Pelagosite means a pisolitic variety of aragonite.
What part of speech is pelagosite?
Pelagosite is a noun.

Words near pelagosite in the dictionary

  1. pelagophytes
  2. pelagornithid
  3. pelagornithids
  4. pelagosaur
  5. pelagosaurs
  6. pelagosite
  7. pelagothuriid
  8. pelagothuriids
  9. pelanserin
  10. pelargic
  11. Pelargikon

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