English edit

Etymology edit

meso- +‎ -type: compare French mésotype.

Noun edit

mesotype (plural mesotypes)

  1. (mineralogy, obsolete) Any of various minerals, including natrolite (soda mesotype), scolecite (lime mesotype), and mesolite (lime-soda mesotype)
  2. Any moth of the genus Mesotype

Related terms edit

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mesotype”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Further reading edit

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Mesotype”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.