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haloid
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haloid, a. [Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s salt + -oid: cf. F. halo.].
Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. [1913 Webster]
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