English Explanatory Dictionary

bowieite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.
noun
  1. A fan of English musician and actor David Bowie (1947–2016).

Word forms

bowieite Bowieites

Etymology

From Bowie + -ite, after Scottish geologist Stanley Bowie (1917–2008).

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