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proglacial

proglacial adjective: situated in front, or outside the margins, of a glacier or ice sheet (and formed from its meltwaters).

Adjective

proglacial (not comparable)

  1. Situated in front, or outside the margins, of a glacier or ice sheet (and formed from its meltwaters).

Origin of proglacial

From pro- + glacial.

Questions about proglacial

What does proglacial mean?
Proglacial means situated in front, or outside the margins, of a glacier or ice sheet (and formed from its meltwaters).
What part of speech is proglacial?
Proglacial is an adjective.

Words near proglacial in the dictionary

  1. proghrelin
  2. proghrelins
  3. ProgID
  4. ProgIDs
  5. progie
  6. proglacial
  7. proglike
  8. proglottic
  9. proglottid
  10. proglottides
  11. proglottidization

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