Moqui-marble definition
Any of a group of iron oxide concretions shaped like small balls found in the Navajo Sandstone Formation in Utah.
noun
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Noun
Singular:
moqui-marble
Plural:
moqui-marblesOrigin of moqui-marble
- Probably from English Moqui (“Hopi”), although a folk etymology claims that it comes from the near-homophonous Hopi word móóki (“dead”).
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