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☆ mas·con (mas′kän′)

noun

a local concentration of very dense material beneath the surface of the moon

Etymology: mas(s) con(centration)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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