Usually means: Glassy debris from meteorite impacts.
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  1. tektite: Merriam-Webster
  2. tektite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tektite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tektite: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. tektite: Wiktionary
  7. tektite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tektite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. tektite: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tektite: Dictionary.com
  11. tektite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Tektite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. tektite: Rhymezone
  14. tektite: FreeDictionary.org
  15. tektite: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. tektite: Encyclopedia

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  1. Tektite: Extragalactic Astronomy

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tektite)

noun:  A small, round, dark glassy object, composed of silicates, formed by the rapid cooling of molten ejecta from meteorite impacts.

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