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knobular

knobular adjective: knobby; knob-shaped.

Adjective

knobular (comparative more knobular, superlative most knobular)

  1. knobby; knob-shaped
    • At one end of each of the semicircular canals is the knobular structure called the ampulla and within that, the crista.2004, Kenneth M. Weiss, Anne V. Buchanan, Genetics and the Logic of Evolution, page 326

Forms of knobular

comparativemore knobular
superlativemost knobular

Origin of knobular

From knob, perhaps on the model of globular or nodular.

Questions about knobular

What does knobular mean?
Knobular means knobby; knob-shaped.
What part of speech is knobular?
Knobular is an adjective.

Words near knobular in the dictionary

  1. knobsticks
  2. knobthorn
  3. knobthorns
  4. knobtwat
  5. knobtwats
  6. knobular
  7. knobweed
  8. knobweeds
  9. knobwood
  10. knobwoods
  11. Knoch

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