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单词 drumlinoid
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drumlinoidadj.n.

Brit. /ˈdrʌmlᵻnɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈdrəmləˌnɔɪd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drumlin n., -oid suffix.
Etymology: < drumlin n. + -oid suffix.
Physical Geography.
A. adj.
Of a hill or other landform: resembling a drumlin in shape.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [adjective] > other characteristics
bosomed1744
sub-mountain1841
tooth-set1860
drumlinoid1894
swine-backed1908
1894 Amer. Geologist. 12 394 This suggests that a re-advance of the ice modified the terminal moraine deposits into drumlinoid forms.
1904 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 16 Jan. 23447 Some of the principal ridges present drumlinoid profiles.
1947 Geogr. Rev. 37 651 There are a number of groups of drumlinoid till ridges.
2009 H. Wilson Trails & Tribulations xiv. 155 Literally hundreds of rock types and minerals lay exposed..both along the beach and all over the drumlinoid hill where we now stood.
B. n.
A hill or ridge apparently formed by glacial action and with a shape typically lower and more elongated than that of a drumlin.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > other
holt1567
beacon1597
ward-hill?a1680
nubble1776
sub-mountain1799
drumlinoid1895
1895 H. Fairchild in W. F. Peck et al. Landmarks Monroe County, N.Y. 194 The drumlinoids have a direction some ten to fifteen degrees west of south.
1953 Canad. 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.
2007 D. Ford & P. Williams Karst Hydrogeol. & Geomorphol. x. 415 (caption) Detail of the calcite deposition around a limestone drumlinoid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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