tumulus
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Noun (1)
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombsSynonyms: burial moundgrave moundbarrow
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tu′mu·lus noun; pl. Tumuli (#).
Origin: L., a mound, a sepulchral mound, probably from tumere to swell. Cf. Tumid.
An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54