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per•ma•frost



Pronunciation: (pûr'mu-frôst", -frost"), [key]
—n.
(in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil. Also called pergelisol.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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