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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. circular or nearly circular;
[syn: orbiculate, orbicular]

2. having the shape of a sphere or ball;
- Example: "a spherical object"
- Example: "nearly orbicular in shape"
- Example: "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
[syn: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orbicular \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus,
   dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]
   Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;
   orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. --
   Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

         Orbicular as the disk of a planet.       --De Quincey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

orbicular
    adj 1: circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate,
           orbicular]
    2: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object";
       "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like
       mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global,
       globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical]