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catlinite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
catli-n-ite
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Catlin + -ite, after George Catlin, an American painter who travelled in the region.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

catlinites (plural)

Synonyms

pipestone

Questions

What does catlinite mean?
A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.
Where does catlinite come from?
From Catlin + -ite, after George Catlin, an American painter who travelled in the region.

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