Nickelous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nickelous \Nick"el*ous\, a. (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, those compounds of nickel
     in which, as contrasted with the {nickelic} compounds, the
     metal has a lower valence; as, nickelous oxide. --Frankland.
     [1913 Webster]