Definition of Pirophorus
||Py*roph"o*rus (?), n. [NL. See
Pyrophorous.] (Old Chem.) Any one of several
substances or mixtures which phosphoresce or ignite spontaneously on
exposure to air, as a heated mixture of alum, potash, and charcoal, or
a mixture of charcoal and finely divided lead.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a substance capable of taking fire spontaneously on exposure to the air, especially in a finely divided state
Pyrophorus- a taxonomic genus, within family Lampyridae - the fireflies
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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