Meaning & use
Hummocky
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Covered with or characterized by small, rounded hills or mounds (hummocks); having an uneven, bumpy surface.
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The glacier left behind a hummocky landscape dotted with small ridges.
Hikers picked their way carefully across the hummocky terrain of the bog.
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Commonly used in geology and geography to describe terrain shaped by glaciers, permafrost, or wetlands, where small mounds break up an otherwise flat landscape.
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