Usually means: Emits sparks when exposed to air.
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  1. pyrophorus: Merriam-Webster
  2. pyrophorus: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Pyrophorus: Vocabulary.com
  4. pyrophorus: Wordnik
  5. pyrophorus: Wiktionary
  6. Pyrophorus, pyrophorus: Dictionary.com
  7. Pyrophorus (beetle), Pyrophorus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Pyrophorus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. pyrophorus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Pyrophorus: Rhymezone
  11. Pyrophorus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. pyrophorus: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. pyrophorus: FreeDictionary.org
  14. pyrophorus: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. pyrophorus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Pyrophorus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pyrophorus)

▸ noun:  a substance capable of taking fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state

Similar:
genus pyrophorus, pyrophoric iron, pyrophore, pyrophoric alloy, pyroelectric, pyrophane, pyrognostics, pyrotic, pyroluminescence, white phosphorus, more...

Opposite:
aquaerophilous, hygrophilous, hydrophilous

Phrases:
pyrophorus noctiluca, genus pyrophorus, pyrophorus noctilucus, more...

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Similar:
genus pyrophorus, pyrophoric iron, pyrophore, pyrophoric alloy, pyroelectric, pyrophane, pyrognostics, pyrotic, pyroluminescence, white phosphorus, more...

Opposite:
aquaerophilous, hygrophilous, hydrophilous

Phrases:
pyrophorus noctiluca, genus pyrophorus, pyrophorus noctilucus, more...



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