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lapillus
[ luh-pil-uhs ]
noun
- a small stony particle ejected from a volcano.
lapillus
/ ləˈpɪləs /
noun
- a small piece of lava thrown from a volcano
lapillus
/ lə-pĭl′əs /
, Plural lapilli lə-pĭl′ī′
- A small fragment of lava, between 2 and 64 mm in size, blown out from a volcano.
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Origin of lapillus1
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Origin of lapillus1
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Example Sentences
The Purpura lapillus and Littorina litorea and rudis (periwinkles), so plentiful on this coast, are present.
Has Ottaiano then been destroyed only by the fall of lapillus and stones?
Like its relative, P. lapillus of Northern waters, this species is so variable as almost to defy description.
Our automobile is now going slower, it cracks between two deep sinks of ashes and lapillus.
They have defied and conquered the lava, and lapillus, going always ahead there where duty called them.
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