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| ni·e·ve pe·ni·ten·te [ nee ày vay peni tén tay ] (plural ni·eves pe·ni·ten·tes [ nee ày vayz pennə tén tàyz ]) |
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ice column found at high altitudes: a tall, often curving column of ice or compacted snow found at high altitudes and created by irregular melting
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| [< Spanish, "penitent snow," because its shape resembles somebody kneeling] |
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