loma

1. biologyA lobe, flap or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.

plural lomas

1. singularsingular of lomas

   Apart from the loma, there is contracted vegetation […]

   2020, Jörg S. Pfadenhauer, Frank A. Klötzli, Global Vegetation: Fundamentals, Ecology and Distribution, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 385

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   In the central Andes, such villages are generally associated with a loma, a fog oasis or well - delimited zone in which specific topographical , weather, and soil conditions prevail because fogs from the ocean condense water there. […] The human settlement extended over some 10 km on the slopes of the lower ridges of the Andes, all along the lower section of a fog oasis, with ponds and marshes still alive between the loma and the beach.

   1976, Frédéric André Engel, An Ancient World Preserved: Relics and Records of Prehistory in the Andes, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN

1. pluralplural onlyA people of Liberia and Guinea.

1. The Mande language of these people.

plural Lomas

1. countableuncountableA surname from Spanish.
2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Mesa County, Colorado, United States.
3. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Chouteau County, Montana, United States.
4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Butler County, Nebraska, United States.
5. countableuncountableA town in Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States.