Thunderstone

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thunderbolt. archaic
  2. 2
    A stone or fossil thought to be, or be caused by, a thunderbolt striking the earth.

    "Thunderstones are sacred to the vodounist, forged as they are by Sobo and Shango, the spirits of thunder and lightning."

  3. 3
    A belemnite.

Example

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"Thunderstones are sacred to the vodounist, forged as they are by Sobo and Shango, the spirits of thunder and lightning."

Etymology

From thunder + stone.

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