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pelite

pelite noun: a sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.

pelite: a sedimentary rock containing very fine particles
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Noun

pelite (countable and uncountable, plural pelites)

  1. A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.

Forms of pelite

pluralpelites

Origin of pelite

From German Pelit, corresponding to Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, clay”) + -ite.

Words formed from pelite

Questions about pelite

What does pelite mean?
Pelite means a sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.
What part of speech is pelite?
Pelite is a noun.
What is the plural of pelite?
The plural of pelite is pelites.

Words near pelite in the dictionary

  1. Pelisser's toadflax
  2. Pelissero
  3. pelisses
  4. Pelissier
  5. Pelissiers
  6. pelite
  7. pelites
  8. pelitic
  9. pelitinib
  10. pelitrexol
  11. Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease

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