/ English Dictionary |
PALLASITE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
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)