globose

[gloh-bohs, gloh-bohs]

adjective

1. having the shape of a globe; globelike.

globose

/ ˈɡləʊbəs, ɡləʊˈbəʊs, ˈɡləʊbəʊs, ɡləʊˈbɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. spherical or approximately spherical

Other Word Forms

• globosely adverb
• globosity noun
• globoseness noun
• subglobose adjective
• subglobosely adverb
• subgloboseness noun
• subglobosity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of globose¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin globōsus spherical, forming a globelike mass. See globe, -ose ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of globose¹

C15: from Latin globōsus; see _globe

Example Sentences

Despite these directional trends, however, ceratioids also displayed remarkable variability in body shapes from the archetypical globose anglerfish to elongated forms like the "wolftrap" phenotype, which features a jaw structure resembling a trap.

From Science Daily

Shell globose, smooth, beneath the epidermis white with brown bands; spire elevated, tip obtuse; margin of the aperture thick, white; umbilicus none.

From Project Gutenberg

Shell globose, very smooth, olive; spire depressed; margin of the aperture thick, fulvous, grooved; umbilicus small, contracted, placed near the base; operculum shelly.

From Project Gutenberg

Antheridia globose, enclosed in a scale on the under surface of the costa.

From Project Gutenberg

The other is of a more globose form than the bitter sort, and has a very obtuse hinge and margin.

From Project Gutenberg

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• oval 
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