Mima mound

English

Etymology

Named after the Mima Prairie in Thurston County, Washington.

Noun

Mima mound (plural Mima mounds)

  1. (geology) A low, flattened dome-like natural mound found in the northwestern United States, composed of loose, unstratified, often gravelly sediment.

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