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finger lakes

finger lakes is the plural of finger lake.

Meaning of finger lake

Noun

finger lake (plural finger lakes)

  1. A long, narrow lake of glacial origin, especially one of the Finger Lakes of New York state.
    • These sediments represent a finger lake that was formed by blockage of the mouth of the stream-cut valley, […]1966, Geological Survey Special Report, numbers 43-48, page 4

Questions about finger lakes

What is finger lakes the plural of?
Finger lakes is the plural of finger lake.

Words near finger lakes in the dictionary

  1. finger in the pie
  2. finger in the wind
  3. finger joint
  4. finger joints
  5. finger lake
  6. finger lakes
  7. finger language
  8. finger languages
  9. finger lime
  10. finger limes
  11. finger man

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