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sulfur pearl

sulfur pearl is the alternative spelling of sulphur pearl.

Meaning of sulphur pearl

Noun

sulphur pearl (plural sulphur pearls)

  1. a very large, but harmless, bacterium, Thiomargarita namibiensis, that grows as a string of white beads large enough to be visible to the naked eye in the coastal sediments of Namibia

Forms of sulfur pearl

pluralsulfur pearls

Questions about sulfur pearl

What is sulfur pearl the alternative spelling of?
Sulfur pearl is the alternative spelling of sulphur pearl.

Words near sulfur pearl in the dictionary

  1. sulfur ores
  2. sulfur oxide
  3. sulfur oxides
  4. sulfur parakeet
  5. sulfur parakeets
  6. sulfur pearl
  7. sulfur pearls
  8. sulfur print
  9. sulfur prints
  10. sulfur pyrites
  11. sulfur rain

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