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ACHONDRITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does achondrite mean?
• ACHONDRITE (noun)
The noun ACHONDRITE has 1 sense:
1. a stony meteor lacking chondrules
Familiarity information: ACHONDRITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stony meteor lacking chondrules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("achondrite" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter)
Derivation:
achondritic (of or related to an achondrite)
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