(geology) A smooth, streamlined hill modeled by glacial erosion, which has a core of bedrock usually veneered with a layer of glacial till and which resembles a true drumlin in outline and form but is generally less symmetrical and less regularly shaped. Also known as drumlinoid; false drumlin; rocdrumlin; rock drum.

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