mallin

Borrowed from Spanish mallín.

mallin (plural mallins or mallines)

1. A type of wetland in Patagonia.
   • 1914, Northern Patagonia: Character and Resources, volume 1, page 107:

     It is therefore not an uncommon sight to see the bones of cattle among the verdant green grasses of the mallins.

   • 1941, Fred Albert Carlson, Geography of Latin América, page 159:

     In the north they are called bajos and in the south mallins.

   • 2004, A. Mugetti, Patagonian shelf, page 942:

     Other ecosystems at risk due to anthropogenic activities are the flood meadows so called "mallines". The mallines are wetlands in arid and semi-arid regions.

   • 2015 October 9, “Environmental Quality and Aquatic Invertebrate Metrics Relationships at Patagonian Wetlands Subjected to Livestock Grazing Pressures”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     If climate-change predictions that involve an increase of temperature together with reductions in precipitation are borne out, the result will be a severe reduction of suitable areas for mallines in NW Patagonia.

• Millan

mallin

1. genitive singular of malli

• Millan