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morainic

morainic adjective: pertaining to a moraine.

Adjective

morainic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a moraine.
    • The interior consisted largely of the vast lines of morainic stones which marked the stages of retreat of the last northern ice cap.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 338

Origin of morainic

From moraine + -ic.

Words formed from morainic

Phrases with morainic

Questions about morainic

What does morainic mean?
Morainic means pertaining to a moraine.
What part of speech is morainic?
Morainic is an adjective.

Words near morainic in the dictionary

  1. moraic
  2. Morain
  3. morainal
  4. moraine
  5. moraines
  6. morainic
  7. morainic delta
  8. morainic deltas
  9. Morains
  10. morais
  11. moral

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