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gibbous moons

gibbous moons is the plural of gibbous moon.

Meaning of gibbous moon

Noun

gibbous moon (plural gibbous moons)

  1. A lunar phase either side of the full moon when the moon's disc as seen from the Earth is larger than a semicircle.
    • A bat, against the gibbous moons,
      Danced, implike, with its lone delight;
      The glowworm scrawled a golden rune
      Upon the dark; and, emerald-strewn,
      The firefly hung with lamps the night.1911, Madison Cawein, Garden Gossip

Questions about gibbous moons

What is gibbous moons the plural of?
Gibbous moons is the plural of gibbous moon.

Words near gibbous moons in the dictionary

  1. gibbosely
  2. gibbosities
  3. gibbosity
  4. gibbous
  5. gibbous moon
  6. gibbous moons
  7. gibbously
  8. gibbousness
  9. Gibbs
  10. Gibbs algorithm
  11. Gibbs Cay

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