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monticule|ˈmɒntɪkjuːl|
Also erron. 9 monticole.
[a. F. monticule (whence the earlier monticle), ad. late L. monticulus, dim. of monti-, mons mountain: see -cule.]
1. = monticle. Also fig.
1799Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 46/2 Five sources contribute to form these fountains, which send up to the top little monticules of sand. 1818J. Mitford in Observer 15 Nov., Mount Ida (a small monticole so named). 1864M. Eyre Lady's Walks in S. France xxi. (1865) 236 On a high monticule frowns the grim old ruin. 1904Speaker 19 Mar. 592/2 An amphitheatre of abrupt monticules.
b. spec. A small conical mound produced by volcanic eruption.
1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 100 If we could strip off from Etna all the lateral monticules now visible..the diminution of the entire mass would be extremely slight! 1883Burton & Cameron To Gold Coast for Gold I. ii. 41 The lower monticules and parasitic craters.
2. Anat. and Zool. A minute eminence (on the surface of an animal or organ).
1874H. A. Nicholson in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXX. 501 The presence of ‘monticules’ or ‘mamelons’ from which the name Monticulipora was derived, cannot be relied upon. 1890Century Dict., Monticulus, in anat., a little elevation, a monticule. |