pingo
noun
a hill of soil-covered ice pushed up by hydrostatic pressure in an area of permafrost.
pingos
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pluralof pingo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
This flow of methane created pingos, many of which would eventually burst.
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 Sir Samuel White Baker
