thunder egg

noun

: chalcedony in rounded concretionary nodules

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Illustration of thunder egg
  • 1 nodule
  • 2 cutaway

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Our thunder egg, or septarian concretion, which sounds like something a senior citizen would want to get checked out, is only thousands of years old, Hale guessed. Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of thunder egg was in 1941

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“Thunder egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thunder%20egg. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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