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globose

[ gloh-bohs, gloh-bohs ]

adjective

  1. having the shape of a globe; globelike.


globose

/ ˈɡləʊbəs; ɡləʊˈbəʊs; ˈɡləʊbəʊs; ɡləʊˈbɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. spherical or approximately spherical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzDz, adverb
  • globosity, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • bDz· adverb
  • ·Dz··ٲ [gloh-, bos, -i-tee], bDz·Ա noun
  • ܲ·bDz adjective
  • sub·bDz· adverb
  • sub·bDz·Ա noun
  • ܲg·Dzi·ٲ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of globose1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin Dzōܲ spherical, forming a globelike mass. See globe, -ose 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of globose1

C15: from Latin Dzōܲ; see globe
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Example Sentences

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Despite these directional trends, however, ceratioids also displayed remarkable variability in body shapes from the archetypical globose anglerfish to elongated forms like the "wolftrap" phenotype, which features a jaw structure resembling a trap.

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Shell globose, smooth, beneath the epidermis white with brown bands; spire elevated, tip obtuse; margin of the aperture thick, white; umbilicus none.

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Shell globose, very smooth, olive; spire depressed; margin of the aperture thick, fulvous, grooved; umbilicus small, contracted, placed near the base; operculum shelly.

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Antheridia globose, enclosed in a scale on the under surface of the costa.

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The other is of a more globose form than the bitter sort, and has a very obtuse hinge and margin.

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