The aliens had bulbous heads.
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Bulbous
//ˈbʌlbəs//
Synonyms for "bulbous" (90 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- издут adj (having the shape of a bulb)
- луковичен adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
Catalan
2 entries- bulbós adj (having the shape of a bulb)
- bulbós adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
French
2 entries- bulbeux adj (having the shape of a bulb)
- bulbeux adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
Italian
1 entries- bulboso adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
Latin
1 entries- bulbosus adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
Polish
2 entries- baniasty adj (having the shape of a bulb)
- bulwiasty adj (having the shape of a bulb)
Portuguese
1 entries- bulboso adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
Spanish
2 entries- bulboso adj (having the shape of a bulb)
- bulboso adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
Ukrainian
4 entries- випуклий adj (having the shape of a bulb)
- опуклий adj (having the shape of a bulb)
- цибулеподібний adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
- цибулинний adj (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
A bulbous man sat at a table in the corner.
Source: tatoeba (10252759)
He has a bulbous member.
Source: tatoeba (10252762)
"What's that bulbous thing?" "It's a bulb."
Source: tatoeba (10252764)
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