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What is the noun for tumulus?

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tumulus
  1. (archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The tumulus may be considered as the most simple and the most ancient form of sepulture.”
      “It is constructed to resemble an ancient burial mound, called a tumulus, sitting atop a ridge and overlooking the Magaliesberg mountains.”
      “His bent knees fit perfectly inside the slight curve of the tumulus, and we covered him with more flat stones.”
tumuli
  1. plural form of tumulus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The tumuli, or ancient burial mounds, are obvious enough and we have always been able to work around them.”
      “It was a ruin in the making, and my friends and I were camped out amid its potsherds and tumuli.”
      “Three years later, smugglers found more artifacts in the tombs at Ikiztepe and Aktepe tumuli.”
tumuluses
  1. (nonstandard) plural of tumulus
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