English Explanatory Dictionary

zirconoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals.

Word forms

zirconoid zirconoids

Etymology

From zircon + -oid, because this form often occurs in zircon crystals.

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