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earthen mound

noun

Etymology

From earthen + mound.

  1. inherited from *mh₂-nt-éh₂✻
  2. inherited from *mundō✻
  3. inherited from *mundu✻
  4. inherited from mund
  5. inherited from mound
  6. compounded as earthen mound — “earthen + mound”

Definitions

  1. A type of mound

    A type of mound; a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.

    • But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds[.]

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