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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties;
[syn: pyrrhotite, pyrrhotine, magnetic pyrites]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyrrhotine \Pyr"rho*tine\, Pyrrhotite \Pyr"rho*tite\, n. [Gr. ? flame-colored, fr. ? fire.] (Min.) A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites. [1913 Webster] pyrrol
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pyrrhotite n 1: a brownish iron sulfide mineral (FeS) having weak magnetic properties [syn: pyrrhotite, pyrrhotine, magnetic pyrites]