Characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column.
(Used of the moon) more than half full.
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Examples for "gibbose "
Examples for "gibbose "
1 The whorls are posteriorly gibbose or tumid at the sutures, and the callus is less spreading than in others of the genus.
1 Above, a hazy gibbous moon tried to break free of the clouds.
2 He leant out of his window, and looked at the gibbous moon.
3 It was a crisp evening, the gibbous moon illuminating a busy street.
4 The moon overhead was gibbous , and there were no clouds in the sky.
5 One or two revealed gibbous , then crescent forms before they faded behind me.
6 Under the stars, under the gibbous moon, assuredly they would sleep.
7 The gibbous moon was directly overhead, and shone down upon her with unobstructed fullness.
8 Plus those sweat half-moons had grown from gibbous to full.
9 The waxing gibbous moon shone down on the house.
10 Slivers of pale light trickled among the dull gibbous braids, an infestation of torpid static.
11 All three moons were out, gibbous , and gloriously bright.
12 An orange gibbous moon was low in the sky, cloaked by a veil of fog.
13 It was gibbous , slightly more than half-full, and she suddenly realized it was dark out.
14 The gibbous moon still hangs in the sky and casts a feeble light over the scene.
15 Cells ovoid, gibbous , much contracted towards the mouth.
16 Overhead, a gibbous moon meandered through the clouds.
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