Hummocking


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Hum´mock`ing


n.1.The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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And, as many of us know, as you grow older these big days seem to get closer and closer together, until, eventually, you would swear they were hummocking round every week, as opposed to the statutory once a year.
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Barnes and Powell (1950) and Wu (1980) have described barnacle hummocking; Wethey (1984b) and Bertness (1989), respectively, have examined the reproduction and survivorship of hummocked individuals; and Pullen and LaBarbera (1991) have examined feeding behavior within hummocks.
Making mountains out of barnacles: the dynamics of acorn barnacle hummocking

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