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noun, plural gab·bros. Petrology.
a dark granular igneous rock composed essentially of labradorite and augite.
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Gabbro
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
gabbro
"type of igneous rock," 1837, from It. (Tuscan), from L. glaber "bare, smooth, bald."
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gabbro  (gāb'rō) Pronunciation Key
A usually dark, coarse-grained igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar and clinopyroxene, and sometimes olivine. Gabbro is the coarse-grained equivalent of basalt. |
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