monticule noun. ['mɒntɪkju:l] L18.
[French from late Latin monticulus dim. of monti-, mons MOUNT noun¹: see -CULE. Cf. earlier MONTICLE.]
1. A small mountain or hill. L18.
b. spec. A small conical mound produced by a volcanic eruption. M19.

2. Chiefly Palaeontology. A minute swelling or bump, esp. on a fossil shell. L19.

■ mon'ticulose adjective (Palaeontology) covered with minute bumps M19.

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