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  1. 1. n. An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier Source: wordnet
  3. 3. An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. Lyell. Note: If the moranie is at the extremity of the glacier it is a terminal moranie; if at the side, a lateral moranie; if parallel to the side on the central portion of the glacier, a medial moranie. See Illust. of Glacier. In the last case it is formed by the union of the lateral moranies of the branches of the glacier. A ground moranie is one beneath the mass of ice. Source: webster
  4. 4. An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward anddeposited by a glacier. Lyell. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n:100 n. accumulated earth and stones deposited by a glacier Source: ecdict

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