trichite

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trichite (plural trichites)

(mineralogy) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian.
(zoology) A delicate, hair-like siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “trichite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)