/lep'i doh kroh"suyt/ , n.
a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
[ 1815-25; Lepidokrokit lepido- LEPIDO- + Gk krók ( e ) thread, fiber + G -it -ITE 1 ]