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Re: Define the term "gibbous"
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"Monfils, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:13:39 -0400
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Actually the adjective comes from the noun "gibbus", which means a hump.
Therefore, "humped" could also be a meaning.  In Pecten gibbosum it refers
to the  "inflated" or "convex" shape, but in Strombus gibbosus it means
"having a hump".

Paul M.

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