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Webster 1913 Edition

Laccolith

{

Lac′co-lite

,

Lac′co-lith

, }

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] a cistern +

-lite

,

-lith

.]

(Geol.)

A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.

–

Lacˊco-lit′ic

(#)

,

Adj.