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proto-metals

proto-metals is the plural of proto-metal.

Meaning of proto-metal

Noun

proto-metal (plural proto-metals)

  1. (obsolete) A supposed finer form of a metal, associated with high temperatures and spectral lines similar to those observed in stars.

Questions about proto-metals

What is proto-metals the plural of?
Proto-metals is the plural of proto-metal.

Words near proto-metals in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Mayan
  2. Proto-Mediterranean
  3. proto-Mercury
  4. proto-metal
  5. proto-metallic
  6. proto-metals
  7. Proto-Mon-Khmer
  8. Proto-Mongolic
  9. Proto-Mongoloid
  10. Proto-Monic
  11. proto-Moon

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