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MISPICKEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mispickel mean?
• MISPICKEL (noun)
The noun MISPICKEL has 1 sense:
1. a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic
Familiarity information: MISPICKEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A silver-white or grey ore of arsenic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
arsenopyrite; mispickel
Hypernyms ("mispickel" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "mispickel"):
arsenic; As; atomic number 33 (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)
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