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drumlinoid, a. and n. Physical Geogr.|ˈdrʌmlɪnɔɪd|
[f. as prec. + -oid.]
A. adj. Resembling a drumlin in shape.
B. n. A long, low hill of drift resembling a drumlin but of a less regular form; also, a mass of rock to which glacial action has given a drumlin-like appearance.
1898Geol. Survey Canada, Ann. Rep. 1896 IX. 182F High regular drumlinoid hills. 1901A. P. Brigham Text-bk. Geol. xiv. 270 The drumlinoid (having the form of a drumlin) is a rock structure superficially modified by ice movement. 1904Sci. Amer. Suppl. 16 Jan. 23447 Some of the principal ridges present drumlinoid profiles. 1953Canad. Geographer iii. 19 In some places, individual drumlinoids may extend over a distance of several miles, in others they are very much shorter and resemble drumlins in form. 1968R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 295/1 A ‘drumlinoid’..is a spindle-shaped hill of till or a series of ‘streaks’ of till not developed into the typical drumlin shape. |