gibbous
adjective
(of a heavenly body) convex at both edges, as the moon when more than half full.
gibbose
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a variation of
gibbous.
Example Sentences
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The whorls are posteriorly gibbose or tumid at the sutures, and the callus is less spreading than in others of the genus.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart
