haplite, aplite

[Gr. haplous, contraction of haploos =simple, and lithos =stone.] Petrol.: A crystalline-granular admixture of feldspar and quartz. Called also Semi granite and Gran i tell. Graphic Granite, called also Pegmatite, is a variety. ( Rutley .) plain, single.] hap-15-, pref . [Greek haplos , haploos =simple, hăp-lõç-er-ŭs, s [Pref. haplo- , and Gr. keras = a horn.] Zool .: A genus of Antilopide (Antelopes), akin to Rupicapra, which contains the Chamois. Haploc erus laniger is called in this country the Rocky mountain Sheep. In structure it makes a certain approach to the sheep, but is not a genuine Ovis .