fairy ring
n.— «Some sediment dweller has built its mound hard against a nodule. And on the left is a “fairy ring” of unknown origin that seems to be slipping and perhaps rolling nodules into its moat.» —“Why are there any nodules at all?” by Richard A. Kerr Science Feb. 10, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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