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Floe

Floe

a low, flat mass of floating ice.

(Science: zoology) floe rat, a seal (phoca foetida).

Origin: cf. Dan. Flag af IIs, iisflage, Sw. Flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See flag a flat stone.


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