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Bizarre words beginning with B part 2

baetyl ['biːtɪl or 'biːtaɪl]. A sacred meteoritic stone in ancient Greek, Roman and ancient Near East religions. Mostly they were left in their original, crooked or jagged shape, but sometimes made more regular or even carved.

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