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tepui

American  
[tep-wee] / ˈtɛp wi /
Or tepuy

noun

tepuis plural
  1. a mountain with a flat top; a high mesa of a kind seen in the highlands of northeastern South America.


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Like the Galápagos or the tepuis of Venezuela, Mulanje is home to a panoply of endemic species, from the critically endangered Mulanje cedar to the Mulanje tiger moth.

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2022

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