Gibbose

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations

    "Of those which are of a more globose figure , or have both shells gibbose and armed with spines, there are , 1. The large , very gibbose Ostrea , with rounded and not very numerous spines[…]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of the moon) more than half full wordnet

Synonyms

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archedbandyconcaveconvexgibboushumpbacked

Example

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"Of those which are of a more globose figure , or have both shells gibbose and armed with spines, there are , 1. The large , very gibbose Ostrea , with rounded and not very numerous spines[…]"

Etymology

From Latin gibbosus, from gibbus, gibba (“hunch, hump”). Compare gibbous.

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