tar pits

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Definition of tar pits in English English dictionary
La Brea Tar Pits: Fossil field in Hancock Park (formerly Rancho La Brea), Los Angeles, Calif. , U.S. It is the site of "pitch springs" oozing crude oil, discovered by Gaspar de Portolá's expedition in 1769. The tar pits contain the fossilized bones of Pleistocene mammals that became entrapped there; they include mammoths, mastodons, and sabre-toothed cats. The George C. Page Museum contains more than one million prehistoric specimens exhumed from the pits
tar pit: An accumulation of natural tar or asphalt at the earth's surface, especially one that traps animals and preserves their bones
tar pit: a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved

tar pits

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tär pîts

/ˈtär ˈpəts/ /ˈtɑːr ˈpɪts/

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