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Definition of Monadnocks
1. monadnock [n] - See also: monadnock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monadnocks
Literary usage of Monadnocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands by New York Academy of Sciences (1922)
"... of the features to those of Vieques it is probably safe to assume that the
tops of the hills roughly indicate the upper level (Fig. 40). monadnocks THE ..."
2. Papers from the Department of Geology by McGill University Dept. of Geology (1903)
"monadnocks.— In the various descriptions which have been quoted above it will be
... The most prominent monadnocks known within the area seem to be those ..."
3. Bulletin (1907)
"These monadnocks, with their pointed crests, are in marked contrast with the flat
tops of the uplands forming the peneplain. They are the remnants of a land ..."
4. The Geology of North Central Wisconsin by Samuel Weidman (1907)
"These monadnocks, with their pointed crests, are in marked contrast with the flat
tops of the uplands forming the peneplain. They are the remnants of a land ..."
5. The Physiography of the United States: Ten Monographs by National Geographic Society (U.S.), J. W. Powell (1896)
"But on passing northward into Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, monadnocks are
common. The White Mountains seem to be only a cluster of ..."
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