circular
adjective
subcircular
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a word derived from
circular.
Example Sentences
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P. ovate then campan. glabrous, disc even, yellowish, striate and grey up to disc, 1 cm.; g. attached to a collar; s. 1-2 cm. white, pruinose; sp. subcircular, compressed, 12-14 broad, 3 thick.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The third is an extremely small and simple tooth with a subcircular tuberculated crown and single root.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
In Dacetum, one of the Scolopendridae, there is no pocket-like infolding, the small tracheal tubes opening direct to the exterior on a large subcircular plate where their apertures fuse to form a complicated network.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Caudal disc subcircular, with large scattered tubercles; snout subacute, slightly produced.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent
It is surrounded by a strong chitinous rim, which is usually square or subquadrate but not infrequently circular or subcircular.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
