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HUMMOCK
knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock
(noun) a small natural hill
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hummock (plural hummocks)
A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
(Scotland) A fistful.
Source: Wiktionary
Hum"mock, n. Etym: [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.]
1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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