pingos
- plural of pingo.
Example Sentences
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This flow of methane created pingos, many of which would eventually burst.
From Nature ● May 31, 2017
The team also discovered mounds in the sea floor — known as pingos — created by methane gas that has pushed towards the surface.
From Nature ● May 31, 2017
Then he and his friends invited us to stay in their village, in an empty hut reserved for travelers, and go on a hunt in the forest with them for pingos.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2011
This is the toughest and most pliable of all the palm-woods, and is principally used by the natives in making "pingos."
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
