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plu⋅ton

[ploo-ton]
–noun Geology.
any body of igneous rock that solidified far below the earth's surface.

Origin:
1935–40; < G Pluton, back formation from plutonisch plutonic
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plu·ton   (plōō'tŏn')   
n.  A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma.

[German, back-formation from plutonisch, plutonic, from Latin Plūtō, Plūtōn-, Pluto; see Pluto.]
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