"cryoconite hole" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cryoconite holes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cryoconite hole (plural cryoconite holes)
  1. a hollow or pond formed in a layer of snow or ice, commonly on the surface of a glacier or in polar regions, where a dark patch of cryoconite absorbs sunlight, generating heat so that it melts its way into the white, reflective ice. Wikipedia link: cryoconite
    Sense id: en-cryoconite_hole-en-noun-tBzqI~xL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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