pezograph

English
A meteorite on Mars with pezographs

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέζις (pézis, “peziza [a stalkess cup mushroom]”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to carve, draw, write”).

Noun

pezograph (plural pezographs)

  1. (astronomy, geology) A regmaglypt.

References
  • McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, 2003. →ISBN.
  • McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy, Second Edition, 2003. →ISBN
  • Pezograph at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914.
  • Entry for πέζις at Liddell, Scott, Jones Ancient Greek Lexicon
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