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crotovines

crotovines is the plural of crotovine.

Meaning of crotovine

Noun

crotovine (countable and uncountable, plural crotovines)

  1. A paleoburrow that has become filled with soil.
    • Traces of the activities of rodents can often be seen in the presence of “crotovines,” dark-coloured patches near the bottom of the humus horizon, formed from old burrows filled up with black earth from above.1934, Technical Communication - Imperial Bureau of Soil Science

Questions about crotovines

What is crotovines the plural of?
Crotovines is the plural of crotovine.

Words near crotovines in the dictionary

  1. crotonylene
  2. crotonylenes
  3. crotonylome
  4. crotonylomes
  5. crotovine
  6. crotovines
  7. crotoxin
  8. crotoxins
  9. Crotteau
  10. Crotteaus
  11. crottel

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