: a compact tuft especially of grass or sedge
also
: an area of raised solid ground in a marsh or bog that is bound together by roots of low vegetation
Examples of tussock in a Sentence
There were grassy tussocks throughout the marsh.
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The photographer, who is from Salt Lake City, hid behind a tussock and used a telephoto lens to capture the fox, who was about 75 feet away with her kits sleeping nearby.
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According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, the fir tussock is the most common, the white-marked is the second most common and the definite is the rarest of the three.
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The Mackenzie area’s dry tussock is home to moths and other insects found nowhere else on Earth.
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Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
10 Dec. 2025
According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, the fir tussock is the most common, the white-marked is the second most common and the definite is the rarest of the three.
—
Julia Gomez,
USA TODAY,
3 Apr. 2024
The Mackenzie area’s dry tussock is home to moths and other insects found nowhere else on Earth.
—
Petrina Darrah,
Wired,
2 Oct. 2021
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“Tussock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tussock. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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