tektite

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    thought to derive from meteorites

Word Origin

tektite (n.)
small roundish glass bodies, probably of meteoric origin, 1909, from German tektit (Suess, 1900), from Greek tektos "molten," from tekein "to melt."