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Acrotomous

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peritomous(mineralogy) Cleaving in more than one direction, parallel to the axis, the faces all being similar.
heterotomous(zoology) Exhibiting heterotomy.
monotomous(mineralogy) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction.
orthoclastic(crystallography) Having cleavage planes at right angles, as in orthoclase.
orthotomous(crystallography) Having two cleavages at right angles with one another.
diatomous(mineralogy) Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; said of crystals.
domaticnoun(mineralogy) Having only one plane of symmetry.
clinorhombic(crystallography) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic.
autocleavedSubject to autocleavage
oxyconic(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a flattened crossection, the halves joining at an acute angle.
cleavagedHaving (a particular kind of) cleavage.
anorthicnoun(crystallography) Having three unequal axes that intersect obliquely
monoclinic(crystallography) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections.
vicinalnounOf or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring.
hemimorphicnoun(crystallography) Having the two ends (of an axis) modified with unlike planes.
macled(mineralogy) Having a twin crystal structure.
rhombohedralnoun(crystallography) Having three equal axes and oblique angles.
clinohedral(crystallography) That has a plane of symmetry but not an axis of symmetry
acuteIntense; sensitive; sharp.
platyconic(malacology, of a shell or fossil) Having a flattened cross-section from its side.

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