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View definitions for orbicular

orbicular

adjective as in circular

adjective as in rounded

adjective as in spherical

adjective as in spherical

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Example Sentences

This shell is very like Cytherea loeta, but differs from it in its markings, as well as its outline, which is more orbicular.

Its shape varies from triangular to orbicular, the mouth of the animal forming the vertex of the triangle.

This mass was of a flattened, orbicular shape, and its surface coated with a green oxide.

The precipices on the east shore shot up into spiral points; yet the orbicular elevations are covered with grass and shrubbery.

If my observations were well taken it embraces, sparingly, orbicular masses of hornblende.

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On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to orbicular, such as: oblique, round, spheroid, annular, circinate, and circling.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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