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tephritic

tephritic adjective: of or relating to tephrite.

Adjective

tephritic (comparative more tephritic, superlative most tephritic)

  1. Of or relating to tephrite.
    • Vesteris Seamount is volcanically active and the age of the tephritic rocks, in which the fossils are found, is 0.5 to 0.65 Ma, as determined by Ar-Ar dating of kaersutite phenocrysts.2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of tephritic

comparativemore tephritic
superlativemost tephritic

Origin of tephritic

From tephrite + -ic.

Questions about tephritic

What does tephritic mean?
Tephritic means of or relating to tephrite.
What part of speech is tephritic?
Tephritic is an adjective.

Words near tephritic in the dictionary

  1. tephriphonolite
  2. tephriphonolites
  3. tephriphonolitic
  4. tephrite
  5. tephrites
  6. tephritic
  7. tephritid
  8. tephritids
  9. tephritoid
  10. tephritoids
  11. tephro-

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