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semiglobular

semiglobular adjective: roughly having the shape of half a sphere.

Adjective

semiglobular (not comparable)

  1. roughly having the shape of half a sphere
    • The crown is semiglobular and rounded, with a transverse crest and a long uvula that does not extend beyond the root.2015 October 22, “Sawfishes and Other Elasmobranch Assemblages from the Mio-Pliocene of the South Caribbean (Urumaco Sequence, Northwestern Venezuela)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Synonyms of semiglobular

Origin of semiglobular

From semi- + globular.

Words formed from semiglobular

Questions about semiglobular

What does semiglobular mean?
Semiglobular means roughly having the shape of half a sphere.
What part of speech is semiglobular?
Semiglobular is an adjective.

Words near semiglobular in the dictionary

  1. semiglobalization
  2. semiglobalized
  3. semiglobe
  4. semiglobes
  5. semiglobose
  6. semiglobular
  7. semiglobularly
  8. semigloom
  9. semigloss
  10. semiglosses
  11. semiglossy

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