cosmoid

(ˈkɒzmɔɪd)

adj

(Zoology) (of the scales of coelacanths and lungfish) consisting of two inner bony layers and an outer layer of cosmine

[C20: from cosm(ine) + -oid]

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References in periodicals archive

He suggests that "cosmoids,' or cosmic meteoroids, breaking up near the earth bring from space both the dust and water needed to form the clouds.

In Dubin's model, extremely cold and icy cosmoids approach the dark side of the earth, become electrically charged and disintegrate into a stream of small particles, which are funneled by the geomagnetic field into a polar region.

Mysterious clouds caused by cosmoids?

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