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Subject:	Re: Define the term "gibbous"
From:	"Barney, Winston" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:44:20 -0500
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"Gibbous" comes from the Latin, "gibber / gibbus" meaning humped,
humpbacked, protuberant, or bent according to Roland Brown's book
"Composition of Scientific Words".

Winston Barney

Subject: Define the term "gibbous"


> I keep encountering the erm "gibbous" to refer to the
> shell shape.  Will someone explain this term to me,
> please?
>
> Thanks,
> linda

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