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peri·morph (per′ə môrf′)

noun

a mineral of one kind enclosing one of another kind

Etymology: peri- + -morph

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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