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periglacial

adj
/pɛɹɪˈɡleɪʃəl/

Etymology

From peri- + glacial.

  1. derived from glaciālis
  2. borrowed from glacial
  3. prefixed as periglacial — “peri + glacial”

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier.

    • * During the Anglian glaciation, the ice caps were smaller than during earlier glacial events, but conditions in the periglacial areas around the ice were far more severe.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA