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glacial erratic

glacial erratic noun: a rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests, usually large and transported there by a glacier.

Noun

glacial erratic (plural glacial erratics)

  1. A rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests, usually large and transported there by a glacier.

Forms of glacial erratic

pluralglacial erratics

Questions about glacial erratic

What does glacial erratic mean?
Glacial erratic means a rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests, usually large and transported there by a glacier.
What part of speech is glacial erratic?
Glacial erratic is a noun.
What is the plural of glacial erratic?
The plural of glacial erratic is glacial erratics.

Words near glacial erratic in the dictionary

  1. glacial acetic acid
  2. glacial acid
  3. glacial buzz saw
  4. glacial drift
  5. glacial drifts
  6. glacial erratic
  7. glacial erratics
  8. glacial flour
  9. glacial humour
  10. glacial lake
  11. glacial lake outburst flood

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