"belonite" meaning in All languages combined

See belonite on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: belonites [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”) + -ite (“rock, mineral or fossil”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|βελόνη|t=a needle}} Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”), {{af|en|-ite|t1=rock, mineral or fossil}} -ite (“rock, mineral or fossil”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} belonite (plural belonites)
  1. A miniscule acicular or dendritic crystallite sometimes found in glassy volcanic rocks.

Inflected forms

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