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Definition of Hillock
1. Noun. A small natural hill.
Specialized synonyms: Anthill, Formicary, Kopje, Koppie, Molehill
Generic synonyms: Hill
Derivative terms: Mound
Definition of Hillock
1. n. A small hill.
Definition of Hillock
1. Noun. a small hill ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hillock
1. a small hill [n -S] : HILLOCKY [adj]
Medical Definition of Hillock
1. In anatomy, any small elevation or prominence. Axon hillock, the conical area of origin of the axon from the nerve cell body; it contains parallel arrays of microtubules and is devoid of Nissl substance. Synonym: implantation cone. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hillock
Literary usage of Hillock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"... men were still lying on their faces at the foot of the hillock that the four
... slender line of the Highlanders springing up to the top of the hillock. ..."
2. Under the African Sun; a Description of the Native Races in Uganda, Sporting by William John Ansorge, Ernst Hartert (1899)
"In Uganda the natives place a sort of reed frame over the hillock and cover it
up with bark-cloth, leaving the vent-hole open, and digging near it a pit ..."
3. The Geologist by Samuel Joseph Mackie (1862)
"2, there was a hillock of angular blocks, etc. covered by stalagmite, ...
hillock were deposited bones, Fig. 2.—LONGITUDINAL SECTION AT F. (See Ground-Plan. ..."
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