▪ I. ‖ loma, n.1 Ornith.
(ˈləʊmə)
Pl. lomata (ˈləʊmətə).
[mod.L. (Illiger), a. late Gr. λῶµα hem, fringe.]
A lobe or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.
| 1874 in Baird etc. N. Amer. Birds III. 547 Gloss. |
▪ II. loma, n.2 U.S. (chiefly S.-Western).
(ˈləʊmə)
[Sp., f. lomo back, loin, ridge.]
A broad-topped hill or ridge.
| 1849 Picayune (New Orleans) 4 May 2/3 [They] were riding quietly along the Loma Blanca, (white hill,) when they came suddenly upon a party of eight or ten Indians. 1863 Ex. Doc. 37th U.S. Congress Sp. Sess. Senate No. 1. 20 The new road is to follow the bottom at the edge of the lomas. 1923 C. F. Saunders Southern Sierras Calif. 75 All about are rounded hills, or lomas, rising in baldness. 1941 Harper's Mag. Oct. 498/1 Stand on the ‘knoll’ at Yucca Loma, drink in the desert, and then look down at your feet. |