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glacier mice

glacier mice is the plural of glacier mouse.

Meaning of glacier mouse

Noun

glacier mouse (plural glacier mice)

  1. (plural-normally) A ball of moss, often surrounding a rock, that moves across a glacier.
    • I call these mossy balls Jökla-mýs, literally "glacier mice," and you will have noted, Sir, that rolling stones can gather moss.1950, Jón Eythórsson, “Jökla-mýs”, in Journal of Glaciology, volume 1, number 9, →DOI, page 503

Questions about glacier mice

What is glacier mice the plural of?
Glacier mice is the plural of glacier mouse.

Words near glacier mice in the dictionary

  1. glacier cream
  2. glacier creams
  3. glacier glasses
  4. glacier lilies
  5. glacier lily
  6. glacier mice
  7. glacier milk
  8. glacier milks
  9. glacier mouse
  10. glaciered
  11. glacieret

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