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abyssal_rock

abyssal rock

English

Noun

abyssal rock (plural abyssal rocks)

  1. (geology) An igneous rock that crystallized at considerable depth in the crust; plutonic rock.

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References

  • Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 9