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English term or phrase:
brandophite
English answer:
collector of snakes
Aug 26, 2001 17:46
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ophite [ ft ] (plural oph·ites) noun
mottled green rock: any of several mottled green rocks, for example, diabase or dolerite, that are made up of small long plagioclase crystals surrounded by larger pyroxene crystals
[Mid-17th century. Via Latin from Greek ophits "serpentine stone," from ophis "snake"; from its markings, which are like a snake's.]
source: Encarta
mottled green rock: any of several mottled green rocks, for example, diabase or dolerite, that are made up of small long plagioclase crystals surrounded by larger pyroxene crystals
[Mid-17th century. Via Latin from Greek ophits "serpentine stone," from ophis "snake"; from its markings, which are like a snake's.]
source: Encarta
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