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单词 scabland
释义 scabland
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: scab (I) + land
1. : an elevated tract of bare or shallow-soiled rocky land (as the top of a butte or mesa) in the Northwest caused especially (as on the Columbia lava plateau) by denudation of the soil mantle or prevention of its formation
 < gray scabland lifting against the sky — H.L.Davis >
— see scabrock
2. : a region characterized by scablands traversed or isolated by postglacial dry stream channels
 < area of approximately 1,500,000 acres of sage and scablandAmerican Guide Series: Washington >
— often used in plural
 < the channeled scablands of eastern Washington >
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