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moraine

mo·raine

UK/məˈɹeɪn/ US/mɒˈɹeɪn/ uncommon

noun

1.

accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier

Origin

From French moraine, from Savoyard Italian morena, from Franco-Provençal mor, morre (“muzzle, snout”), from Vulgar Latin *murrum. Compare morion.

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