snowdrift glacier

noun

A semipermanent mass of firn that forms behind obstructions or in the ground from drifted snow.

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Meanings

nounsnowdrift glacier (plural snowdrift glaciers)

plural snowdrift glaciers

  1. A semipermanent mass of firn that forms behind obstructions or in the ground from drifted snow.
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