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medial moraines

medial moraines is the plural of medial moraine.

Meaning of medial moraine

Noun

medial moraine (plural medial moraines)

  1. A moraine formed where lateral moraines of two glaciers meet.
    • Piles of rock debris in the background represent nearby medial moraine.1972, Calvin J. Heusser, “Polsters of the moss Drepanocladus berggrenii on Gilkey Glacier, Alaska”, in Torreya, volume 99, number 1, pages 34–36

Questions about medial moraines

What is medial moraines the plural of?
Medial moraines is the plural of medial moraine.

Words near medial moraines in the dictionary

  1. medial mal
  2. medial malleolus
  3. medial mals
  4. medial medullary syndrome
  5. medial moraine
  6. medial moraines
  7. medial palpebral arteries
  8. medial palpebral artery
  9. medial pterygoid muscle
  10. medial pterygoid nerve
  11. medial pterygoid plate

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