yedoma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian е́дома (jédoma).

Noun

yedoma (countable and uncountable, plural yedomas)

  1. A type of permafrost in the Pleistocene-age with an ice content of 50–90% by volume.

Translations
a type of permafrost in the Pleistocene-age with an ice content of 50–90% by volume
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