glacier mouse

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ball of moss, often surrounding a rock, that moves across a glacier. plural-normally
    — I call these mossy balls Jökla-mýs, literally "glacier mice," and you will have noted, Sir, that rolling stones can gather moss.

词形变化

glacier mice plural

词源

Calque of Icelandic jökla-mýs. Coined by geologist Jón Eythórsson in 1950. The Icelandic term appears only in plural form.
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