"dunite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈduːˌnaɪt/, /ˈdʌnˌaɪt/ Forms: dunites [plural]
Etymology: Named after Dun Mountain near Nelson, New Zealand, + -ite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ite}} + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dunite (countable and uncountable, plural dunites)
  1. A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture. Wikipedia link: dunite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rocks Translations (rock): duniitti (Finnish), dunite [feminine] (Italian), дуни́т (dunít) [masculine] (Russian), dünit (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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