ventifact

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Etymology

Blend of vent (“wind”) +‎ artifact (“an object shaped or created by some process or agency”) from French vent from Latin ventus

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ventifact (plural ventifacts)

  1. A pebble or little stone shaped and polished by wind-blown sand.
    Hyponym: dreikanter
    • 1949, Kenneth Page Oakley, Man the Tool-Maker:
      Stones splintered by fire, or faceted by sandstorms (ventifacts or dreikanters) are occasionally mistaken for the work of man.

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