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ALL meanings of pingo

pin·go
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  • noun plural pingo a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost. 1
  • noun plural pingo a hill of similar origin remaining after the melting of permafrost. 1
  • noun pingo a mound of earth or gravel formed through pressure from a layer of water trapped between newly frozen ice and underlying permafrost in Arctic regions 0
  • noun pingo an earth-covered ice hill formed by the upward expansion of underground ice 0
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