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gibbose

gibbose adjective: humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations.

Adjective

gibbose (comparative more gibbose, superlative most gibbose)

  1. humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations
    • Of those which are of a more globose figure , or have both shells gibbose and armed with spines, there are , 1. The large , very gibbose Ostrea , with rounded and not very numerous spines[…]1752, John Hill, A General Natural History

gibbose meaning in Tamil

gibbose in Tamil

குவிவான, கூனலான

Forms of gibbose

comparativemore gibbose
superlativemost gibbose

Origin of gibbose

From Latin gibbosus, from gibbus, gibba (“hunch, hump”). Compare gibbous.

Words formed from gibbose

Questions about gibbose

What does gibbose mean?
Gibbose means humped; protuberant; having one or more large elevations.
What is gibbose in Tamil?
Gibbose in Tamil is குவிவான, கூனலான. See Gibbose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is gibbose?
Gibbose is an adjective.

Words near gibbose in the dictionary

  1. Gibboney
  2. Gibboneys
  3. Gibbonian
  4. gibbons
  5. Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term
  6. gibbose
  7. gibbosely
  8. gibbosities
  9. gibbosity
  10. gibbous
  11. gibbous moon

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