hummock

hummock
hummocky, adj.
/hum"euhk/, n.
1. Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
2. a knoll or hillock.
3. Also, hommock. a ridge in an ice field.
[1545-55; humm- (akin to HUMP) + -OCK]

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