amygdaloid
Americannoun
adjective
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(of rocks) containing amygdules.
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Anatomy. of or relating to an amygdala.
noun
adjective
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having the shape of an almond
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a less common form of amygdaloidal
Etymology
Origin of amygdaloid
Example Sentences
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“There was one subgroup of those that had a lot of amygdaloid and cingulate cortex type of activity, so they stood out.”
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2014
The clay which separates these amygdaloid concretions arises from the decomposition of their crust.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
It contains balls of mandelstein, or amygdaloid, eight or ten inches in diameter.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
Vesicular lava and amygdaloid are the chief ingredients of some of the best parts of Australia Felix.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 by Thomas Mitchell
The older rocks of the island consist, in a great measure, of that kind of basaltic lava called dolerite, sometimes columnar, and partly of common basalt and amygdaloid.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
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