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单词 blue mud
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blue mud


noun Geology, Oceanography.

a deep-sea sediment of fine silt and clay that derives its bluish color from organic material and iron sulfide.

Origin of blue mud

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Words nearby blue mud

blue mold, blue Monday, blue moon, blue mould, Blue Mountains, blue mud, blue murder, blue myrtle, blueness, blue nevus, Blue Nile
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  • The north of Blue-Mud Bay has furnished also specimens of ancient sandstone; with columnar rocks, probably of clink-stone.

    Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
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