animikite

noun

anim·​i·​kite

əˈniməˌkīt

plural -s

: a mineral consisting of a silver antimonide occurring in white or gray granular masses

Word History

Etymology

animiki- (borrowed from a Northwestern Ojibwe cognate of Minnesota Ojibwe animiiki "thunderbird, thunderer", alluding to Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario, near which it was discovered) + -ite entry 1

First Known Use

circa 1894, in the meaning defined above

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