Mima mound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A low, flattened dome-like natural mound found in the northwestern United States, composed of loose, unstratified, often gravelly sediment.

Word forms

Mima mound Mima mounds

Etymology

Named after the Mima Prairie in Thurston County, Washington.

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