Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to dunes.

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  • adjective Pertaining to or consisting of dunes.

Etymologies

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dune +‎ -al

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Examples

  • It contains an abundance of unique, isolated communities such as hanging gardens, tinajas, and rock crevice, canyon bottom, and dunal pocket communities, which have provided refugia for many ancient plant species for millennia.

    Proclamation Of Grand Staircase National Monument Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1996

  • The vegetation on the ocean side had died and the path of the ocean was clear through what had been a dunal system.

    thedaily.com.au: Breaking News 2009

  • The high tide slapped against what was left of the dunal systems.

    thedaily.com.au: Breaking News 2009

  • "They are going to push up 75,000 cubic metres of sand into a 1.5 metre dunal system - they are going to be putting regeneration growth on top and that'll be a natural erosion buffer," he said.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2009

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