Mudstone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. countable, uncountable

    "The new fossils come from mudstones in central Poland, in beds that have been dated using other, much more common and cosmopolitan, fossils."

Example

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"The new fossils come from mudstones in central Poland, in beds that have been dated using other, much more common and cosmopolitan, fossils."

Etymology

From mud + stone.

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