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amygdule

American

[uh-mig-dool, -dyool] / əˈmɪg dul, -djul /

Also amygdale

noun

Petrology.

one of the mineral nodules in an amygdaloid.

Etymology

Origin of amygdule

First recorded in 1875–80; amygd(ala) + -ule

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