pl.n. Large, eye-shaped mineral grains occurring in foliated metamorphic rocks such as schist and gneiss. [German Augen, eyes, plural of Auge, eye, from Middle High German ouge, from Old High German ouga; see okw- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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