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Webster 1913 Edition


Sheepback

Sheep′backˊ

,
Noun.
(Geol.)
A rounded knoll of rock resembling the back of a sheep. – produced by glacial action. Called also
roche moutonnée
; – usually in the plural.

Definition 2024


sheepback

sheepback

English

Noun

sheepback (plural sheepbacks)

  1. (glaciology) A rock formation created by the passing of a glacier.

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