biconvex
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Where two toes overlap, it will be observed that there is a deeper shadow, like the section of a biconvex lens.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various
The lens is biconvex in diurnal mammals, but in nocturnal and aquatic it is spherical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
The crystalline lens is a transparent, biconvex body sustained by the ciliary processes.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
Tube of corolla cylindrical, enlarging above; upper lip arched, compressed, straight in front; the lower erect-spreading, biconvex, 3-lobed at the apex.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Set in the cabin's walls were four deadlights, windows of biconvex glass that enabled the man at the helm to see in every direction.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.
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