finger lake
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]finger lake (plural finger lakes)
- A long, narrow lake of glacial origin, especially one of the Finger Lakes of New York state.
- Synonyms: fjord lake, trough lake
- 1966, Geological Survey Special Report, numbers 43-48, page 4:
- These sediments represent a finger lake that was formed by blockage of the mouth of the stream-cut valley, […]
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