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▪ I. ‖ loma, n.1 Ornith.|ˈləʊmə|
Pl. lomata |ˈləʊmətə|.
[mod.L. (Illiger), a. late Gr. λῶµα hem, fringe.]
A lobe or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.
1874in Baird etc. N. Amer. Birds III. 547 Gloss.
▪ II. loma, n.2 U.S. (chiefly S.-Western).|ˈləʊmə|
[Sp., f. lomo back, loin, ridge.]
A broad-topped hill or ridge.
1849Picayune (New Orleans) 4 May 2/3 [They] were riding quietly along the Loma Blanca, (white hill,) when they came suddenly upon a party of eight or ten Indians. 1863Ex. Doc. 37th U.S. Congress Sp. Sess. Senate No. 1. 20 The new road is to follow the bottom at the edge of the lomas. 1923C. F. Saunders Southern Sierras Calif. 75 All about are rounded hills, or lomas, rising in baldness. 1941Harper's Mag. Oct. 498/1 Stand on the ‘knoll’ at Yucca Loma, drink in the desert, and then look down at your feet. |