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Meanings of gibbose in anglès

(Used of the moon) more than half full.

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Examples for "gibbous"
1
Above, a hazy gibbous moon tried to break free of the clouds.
Celtic fire
2
He leant out of his window, and looked at the gibbous moon.
Three Weeks
3
It was a crisp evening, the gibbous moon illuminating a busy street.
Imprudence
4
The moon overhead was gibbous, and there were no clouds in the sky.
In the Pecos Country
5
One or two revealed gibbous, then crescent forms before they faded behind me.
Star Maker
Usage of gibbose in anglès
1
The whorls are posteriorly gibbose or tumid at the sutures, and the callus is less spreading than in others of the genus.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
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Gibbose through the time