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arête (ə rāt′)

noun

a sharp, narrow ridge or crest of a mountain, formed by glacial erosion

Etymology: Fr, lit., fish skeleton, awn of wheat, ridge < OFr areste < VL *aresta < L arista, awn of grain

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