"mudstone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mudstones [plural]
Etymology: From mud + stone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|mud|stone}} mud + stone Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mudstone (countable and uncountable, plural mudstones)
  1. (petrology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. Wikipedia link: mudstone Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Petrology, Rocks Derived forms: metamudstone Translations (a fine-grained sedimentary rock): 泥岩 (níyán) (Chinese Mandarin), lietekivi (Finnish), mutakivi (Finnish), láibchloch [feminine] (Irish), marna (Italian), 泥岩 (deigan) (alt: でいがん) (Japanese), muljnjak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), fangolita [feminine] (Spanish)

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