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gibbose, a.|gɪˈbəʊs|
[ad. L. gibbōs-us, f. gibbus hump.]
1. = gibbous a. 1, 1 b, and 1 c.
1674Grew Anat. Plants, Lect. Mixture iii. §8 (1682) 226 When two Atomes meet, which are globular or other⁓wise gibbose. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth vi. (1723) 280 Reducing those [shells] that are concave and gibbose to a flat. 1714Derham Astro-Theol. v. i. (1726) 113 Even Mars, too, in its Quadratures, becomes Gibbose. 1851–6Woodward Mollusca ii. 228 Atrypa reticularis..Shell impunctate..dorsal valve gibbose. 1866Treas. Bot. 530/2.
2. = gibbous a. 2.
1721in Bailey. |