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- noun geology A
fossil fragment used todate arock stratum
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Other less-common -clast words include mythoclast (someone who destroys myths), genuclast (a medical instrument for breaking knee-joint adhesions) and bioclast (a piece of shell or a fossil in a sedimentary rock).
Week in Words Erin McKean 2012
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