semispheric

Also sem·i·spher·i·cal

[sem-ee-sfeer-ik, -sfer-, sem-ahy-]

adjective

1. shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.

Other Word Forms

• semisphere noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of semispheric¹

1655–65; semi- + spheric ( def. )

Example Sentences

You could plainly see its 250 suckers, arranged over the inner sides of its tentacles and shaped like semispheric capsules.

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Some of these jellyfish were shaped like very smooth, semispheric parasols with russet stripes and fringes of twelve neat festoons.

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