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Where does “gryphite” come from?

gryphite (English) comes from English Gryphaea, from Translingual Gryphaea.

gryphite (English): A shell of the genus Gryphea

Definitions

  1. A shell of the genus Gryphea

Ancestry of “gryphite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGryphaea—
2TranslingualGryphaea—
Every word from Translingual Gryphaea →