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belonite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-lonite
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A miniscule acicular or dendritic crystallite sometimes found in glassy volcanic rocks.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”) + -ite (“rock, mineral or fossil”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: βελόνη

Inflected Forms

belonites (plural)

Questions

What does belonite mean?
A miniscule acicular or dendritic crystallite sometimes found in glassy volcanic rocks.
Where does belonite come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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