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PALLASITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pallasite mean?
• PALLASITE (noun)
The noun PALLASITE has 1 sense:
1. a meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
Familiarity information: PALLASITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A meteorite composed principally of olivine and metallic iron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("pallasite" is a kind of...):
meteorite (stony or metallic object that is the remains of a meteoroid that has reached the earth's surface)
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