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Century Dictionary (1 definition)
- The ragged surface of a lava-flow.
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Wiktionary (2 definitions)
- akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks
- land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil
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GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)
- The rough surface of a congealed lava stream.
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- Plain to see, each would guide a party around some predetermined section of the malpais.—Operation Luna
- We landed in a gaunt part of the malpais, beyond sight of anything human, and got off.—Operation Luna
- It cast pallor and long shadows across the malpais.—Operation Luna
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