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tumulose

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tu⋅mu⋅lous

  [too-myuh-luhs, tyoo-]
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–adjective
having mounds; full of mounds; tumular.
Also, tu⋅mu⋅lose  [too-myuh-lohs, tyoo-] .

Origin:
1820–30; < L tumulōsus, equiv. to tumul(us) tumulus + -ōsus -ous
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tu·mu·lose   (tōō'myə-lōs', tyōō'-)   
adj.  Having many mounds or small hills.

[Latin tumulōsus, from tumulus, mound; see tumulus.]
tu'mu·los'i·ty (-lŏs'ĭ-tē) n.
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