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geoglyph
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈdʒiː.əʊ.ɡlɪf/ us /ˈdʒiː.oʊ.ɡlɪf/
a large design on the earth's surface made by people removing or placing soil, sand, stones, etc.:
The road passes the amazing Atacama Giant, a huge geoglyph.
The cultural significance for their creators of the Nazca Lines, Peru's famous geoglyphs, remains unclear.
Archaeologists used soil samples to date a well-known geoglyph, the 360-foot-long Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire.
It has been theorized that this ancient figure, a geoglyph in the form of two close parallel lines, was a means of telling the time.
The Marree Man is a modern geoglyph discovered in central South Australia in 1998, whose origins are mysterious.
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Patterns and shapes
amorphous
arabesque
argyle
asymmetrically
asymmetry
fishhook
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formless
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scissor
semilunaris
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wavery
wavily
weave
willow pattern
zigzag
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