earthen mound en · NOUN
Etymology
From earthen + mound.
Meanings
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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[.]
2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| earthen mounds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |