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Definition of Orbiculate
1. Adjective. Circular or nearly circular.
Definition of Orbiculate
1. n. That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.
2. a. Made, or being, in the form of an orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.
Definition of Orbiculate
1. Adjective. spherical or circular; orbicular ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orbiculate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orbiculate
Literary usage of Orbiculate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... pod obliquely orbiculate, ovate-oblong or falcate, piano- compressed, leathery,
2-valved. Alx>ut 45 species, Trop. Amer. and Trop. ..."
2. A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a Brief Description by James Francis Stephens (1839)
"Black, slightly pubescent and glossy ; head somewhat orbiculate ; thorax with an
obscure dorsal channel ; elytra transverse ; abdomen linear ; legs pitchy, ..."
3. Catalogue of the Australian Stalk- and Sessile-eyed Crustacea by William Aitcheson Haswell, Australian Museum (1882)
"Carapace smooth; naked, flat, nearly orbiculate, or ovato- orbiculate, very
slightly wider than long, front projecting and trilobate. ..."
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