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telluro-

telluro- prefix: earth.

Prefix

telluro-

  1. earth
  2. tellurium
    Synonyms:
    tellur-, telluri-

Synonyms of telluro-

Origin of telluro-

Derived from Latin tellus (“Earth, globe, world”).

Questions about telluro-

What does telluro- mean?
Telluro- means earth.
What part of speech is telluro-?
Telluro- is a prefix.

Words near telluro- in the dictionary

  1. tellurization
  2. tellurize
  3. tellurized
  4. tellurizes
  5. tellurizing
  6. telluro-
  7. tellurobismuthite
  8. tellurobismuthites
  9. tellurocracies
  10. tellurocracy
  11. tellurohauchecornite

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