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orbicular

[awr-bik-yuh-ler] / ɔrˈbɪk yə lər /








ADJECTIVE
spherical
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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She needs to squeeze them tighter to demonstrate the strength she has in the orbicular oculi.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Product of a two-year study directed by Brookings' president, orbicular Harold Glenn Moulton, it broke no new argumentative ground, offered no new documentation for economists.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Well, will you look at that,” Aarfy marveled sonorously right beside Yossarian, his plump, orbicular face sparkling with a look of bright enchantment.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Fruit more or less orbicular, with no oil-tubes.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Indusium covering the sporangia, flat or flattish, scarious, orbicular and peltate at the centre, or round-kidney-shaped and fixed either centrally or by the sinus, opening all round the margin.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa