Home › Words › M › mcmurdoanmcmurdoanmcmurdoan means of or relating to McMurdo Station, an American research base in Antarctica.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mcmurdoan ranks #32,374 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom McMurdo + -an.adjOf or relating to McMurdo Station, an American research base in Antarctica.e.g.“In the corridors of McMurdo’s Crary Lab building (a research facility for the advancement of Antarctic science) there is a permanent exhibit showcasing titbits of McMurdoan scientific history.” — 2014 April 21, Geoffrey Gearheart, “Antarctica: sacrifices in the name of Science”, in Geoffrey Gearheart:nounA researcher at McMurdo Station.e.g.“Even the chance of seeing the sun was enough to draw a crowd from the ten winterover Kiwis and two hundred and fifty McMurdoans to the peak.” — 2021 March 12, M. L. Buchman, Sunrise on ‘The Ice’:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).