kupfferite

(kip’fér-it), nm. [Named after a Rus- sian physicist, Kupffer.] A magnesium silieate belonging to the amphibole or hornblende group. It occurs in prismatic ma es having an emerald-green color, due to the presence of a small amount of chromium, Kurd, Koord (kérd),n. [=F.G. Kurde= Ru . Kurdi, ¢ Turk. Ar. Kurd.) A member of a pastoral and predatory Aryan race, which gives its name to Kurdistan, a region of Asia lying partly in Turkey and partly in Persia. The Kurds speak an Iranic language, and are mostly Sunni Mohammedans. Rarely spelled Curd. 656 Kurdish Kurdish, Koordish (kér’dish), a. [¢ Kurd + -ish1,] Of or pertaining to Kurdistan or the Kurds. kuril (ka’ril), » [Named from the Awrile Islands.] The black hagden of the Kuriles, Puf- Jinus curilicus. It is a kind of petrel, of the family Pro cellar i ide.