Moqui marble

短语

发音

US /ˈməʊ.ki ˈmɑɹbəl/

词形变化

Moqui marbles 复数 Moqui marbles

别名

Moki marble

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of iron oxide concretions, shaped like small balls, found in the Navajo Sandstone Formation in Utah.

词源

Probably from Moqui (“Hopi”), although a folk etymology claims that it comes from the near-homophonous Hopi mooki (“dead”).

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