noun
a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice
• Syn: ↑Piedmont type of glacier
• Hypernyms: ↑glacier
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Mendenhall Glacier, ↑Great Mendenhall Glacier
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noun : a glacier formed by convergence of the ends of valley glaciers at the base of mountains
Useful english dictionary. 2012.