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Word: Gibbous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from late Latin gibbosus, from Latin gibbus ‘hump’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡɪbəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of the moon) having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle.
Short Definition:(of moon) having illuminated part greater than semicircle and less than circle
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