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Mass of crystallized magma
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pluton
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n. (context mineralogy English) A body of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth by consolidation of magma
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Plutonic redirects here. For the Australian gold mine see Plutonic Gold Mine In geology , a pluton is a body of intrusive igneous rock (called a plutonic rock ) that is crystallized from magma slowly cooling below the surface of the Earth . Plutons include ...
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n. large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth [syn: batholith , batholite , plutonic rock ]
Usage examples of pluton.
Then I return to my lost world--to the whistling, dry-leaved, thin oaks that are not these giant ones--to the stony little hillsides and treacherous river-pits that are not these secure pastures--to the sharp scents that are not these scents--to the companionship of poor Pluton and Dis--to the Street of the Fountain up which marches to meet me, as when I was a rude little puppy, my friend, my protector, my earliest adoration, Monsieur le Vicomte Bouvier de Brie.
Junon, Mars, Vulcan, Pluton, the inevitable Leon, and the indomitable Turc, and all have for the traveler such a greeting as only a band of big, idle dogs can give.
The three played a family game each evening at a million plutons a point.
Godfather is Pluton, bestower of grain and shekels, who, like Hades -- or old Pikollos -- at tends to the business of the underworld, shady business, templeless business, invisible business, underground business, the big pension, the elevator to the fill level, where they let you in but not out, he can't be bribed, you're there to stay, each and all go to Pluto, whom nobody worships.