Meanings
nounglacial erratic (plural glacial erratics)
plural glacial erratics
- A rock that differs from the size and type of rock native to the area in which it rests, usually large and transported there by a glacier.
Translations
Czech bludný balvan
- bludný balvanrock
Danish vandreblok
- vandreblokrock
Dutch zwerfkei
- zwerfkeirock
Finnish siirtolohkare
- siirtolohkarerock
French bloc erratique
- bloc erratiquerock
German Findling
- Findlingrock
Norwegian flyttblokk
- flyttblokkrock
Polish głaz narzutowy, narzutniak
- głaz narzutowyrock
- narzutniakrock
- eratykrock
Russian леднико́вый валу́н
- леднико́вый валу́н (lednikóvyj valún)rock
Swedish flyttblock
- flyttblockrock
Cite this entry
APA
glacial erratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glacial%20erratic
MLA
“glacial erratic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glacial%20erratic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glacial erratic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glacial%20erratic.
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