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stercorite

stercorite noun: a triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Noun

stercorite

  1. A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.

Origin of stercorite

From Latin stercus (“dung”) + -ite.

Questions about stercorite

What does stercorite mean?
Stercorite means a triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sodium.
What part of speech is stercorite?
Stercorite is a noun.

Words near stercorite in the dictionary

  1. stercoration
  2. stercorations
  3. stercorianism
  4. stercoricolous
  5. stercorin
  6. stercorite
  7. stercoroma
  8. stercoromas
  9. stercoromata
  10. stercorous
  11. stercory

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