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Gibbose
adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 (used of the moon) more than half full wordnet
Etymology
From Latin gibbosus, from gibbus, gibba (“hunch, hump”). Compare gibbous.
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