hummock
Example Sentences
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Spinifex grasses start out as small round hummocks, said Angela Moles, an ecologist at the University of New South Wales and an author of the new paper.
From New York Times
The explosions occur underneath small hills or hummocks on the tundra where gas from decaying organic matter is trapped underground.
From New York Times
After the eruption, scientists analysed the landscape and found it littered with hummocks — large hills and mounds that had been transported downslope in intact blocks.
From Nature
Tall columns contrast with mounding hummocks and weeping forms.
From Seattle Times
Turn around to look due west to see Catalina, that great hummock of land slightly to the left.
From Los Angeles Times
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