adj. Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter.
adj. Humpbacked.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex.
adj. Hunched; hump-backed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Having a hunch or protuberance on the back; hunched; humpbacked; crookbacked.
Specifically Swelling by a regular curve; convex, as the moon is when more than half and less than full, the illuminated part being then convex on both margins.
In botany, having a rounded protuberance at the side or base.
In zoology, convex but not regularly rounded; somewhat irregularly raised or swollen; protuberant; humped; gibbose.
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adj. (used of the moon) more than half full
adj. characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column
Word Usage
"+Cap+ bright yellowish or orange color, 3 to 7 inches broad, convex, then flattened, gibbous, that is, more convex on one side than on the other; viscid, covered with woolly (floccose) scales, which often separate."