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devil's corkscrew

devil's corkscrew noun: a meters-deep, corkscrew-shaped formation of compact earth found in the American Midwest that is the infilled burrow of an ancient beaver genus †Palaeocastor.

Noun

devil's corkscrew (plural devil's corkscrews)

  1. A meters-deep, corkscrew-shaped formation of compact earth found in the American Midwest that is the infilled burrow of an ancient beaver genus †Palaeocastor

Forms of devil's corkscrew

pluraldevil's corkscrews

Questions about devil's corkscrew

What does devil's corkscrew mean?
Devil's corkscrew means a meters-deep, corkscrew-shaped formation of compact earth found in the American Midwest that is the infilled burrow of an ancient beaver genus †Palaeocastor.
What part of speech is devil's corkscrew?
Devil's corkscrew is a noun.
What is the plural of devil's corkscrew?
The plural of devil's corkscrew is devil's corkscrews.

Words near devil's corkscrew in the dictionary

  1. devil's claws
  2. devil's club
  3. devil's coach-horse
  4. devil's coach-horses
  5. devil's coachhorse
  6. devil's corkscrew
  7. devil's corkscrews
  8. devil's cotton
  9. devil's cream
  10. devil's cucumber
  11. devil's cut

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