catoctin

noun

ca·​toc·​tin

kəˈtäktə̇n

plural -s

: a residual hill or ridge that rises above a peneplain and preserves on its summit a remnant of an older peneplain

Word History

Etymology

from Catoctin Mountain, Maryland & Virginia

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