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hummock
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hummock
1. a hillock; knoll
2. a ridge or mound of ice in an ice field
3. Chiefly southern US a wooded area lying above the level of an adjacent marsh

hummock [′həm·ək]
(ecology)
A rounded or conical knoll frequently formed of earth and covered with vegetation.
(geology)
A rounded or conical knoll, mound, hillock, or other small elevation, generally of equal dimensions and not ridgelike. Also known as hammock.
(hydrology)
A mound, hillock, or pile of broken floating ice, either fresh or weathered, that has been forced upward by pressure, as in an ice field or ice floe.


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