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moutonnée

[ moot-n-ey ]

adjective

, Geology.
  1. noting or pertaining to a rock formation having a rounded outline like the back of a sheep, resulting from glacial action.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of moutonnée1

First recorded in 1840–45; from French (roche) moutonnée “fleecy (rock),” past participle of moutonner “to have fleecy clouds”; mouton ( def ), mutton 1( def )

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