rounded like the back of a sheep, as by glacial action: said of rock
Origin of moutonnée
Fr, feminine past participle of moutonner, make sheeplike from mouton: see moutonmoutonnée
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moutonnee
also mou·ton·néed
adjective
GeologyRounded by glacial action into a shape likened to a sheep's back. Used of a rock formation.
Origin of moutonnee
Short for French roche moutonnée roche rock moutonnée fleecy past participle of moutonner to make fleecy ( from mouton sheep ; see mouton . )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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