Semiorb

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A half-orb.

    "He watched the moon's majestic rise, watched it transform itself from a luminous semiorb into a flawed spotlight aimed at him from the sky."

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"He watched the moon's majestic rise, watched it transform itself from a luminous semiorb into a flawed spotlight aimed at him from the sky."

Etymology

semi- + orb

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