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Gibbosity Moderate

Gibbosity has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"

"the hump of a camel"

"he stood on the rocky prominence"

"the occipital protuberance was well developed"

"the bony excrescence between its horns"

2

The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

Example Sentences
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge" noun
"the hump of a camel" noun
"he stood on the rocky prominence" noun
"the occipital protuberance was well developed" noun
"the bony excrescence between its horns" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
projection
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
frontal eminence occipital protuberance belly caput mogul nub snag wart
Rhyming Words
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