moutonnée

moutonnée
moutonnée [mo͞o΄tə nā′]
adj.
Fr, fem. pp. of moutonner, make sheeplike < mouton: see MOUTON
rounded like the back of a sheep, as by glacial action: said of rock

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mou·ton·née (mo͞o'tə-nāʹ) also mou·ton·néed (-nādʹ) adj. Geology
Rounded by glacial action into a shape likened to a sheep's back. Used of a rock formation.
  [Short for French roche moutonnée: roche, rock + moutonnée, fleecy, past participle of moutonner, to make fleecy (from mouton, sheep. See mouton).]

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