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obrotund

adj

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obrotundus (“somewhat round”), from ob- (“towards; against”) + rotundus. Analyzeable as ob- + rotund.

  1. borrowed from obrotundus — “somewhat round”

Definitions

  1. Nearly but not completely round

    Nearly but not completely round; roundish.

    • It is a minute, perhaps juvenile shell, ten millimetres in length, obrotund, thin, not nacreous, equivalve, brown, hinge without teeth; foot rudimentary; fixed to rocks by a byssus.

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