glacial boulder

/ˌgleɪʃəl ˌboʊldər/
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Other forms: glacial boulders

Definitions of glacial boulder
  1. noun
    a boulder that has been carried by a glacier to a place far distant from its place of origin
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    type of:
    boulder, bowlder
    a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
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