Protosilicate

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

  Protosilicate \Pro`to*sil"i*cate\, n. [Proto- + silicate.]
     (Chem.)
     A silicate formed with the lowest proportion of silicic acid,
     or having but one atom of silicon in the molecule.
     [1913 Webster]