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Gibbous, adj.

1.1. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
2. More than half but less than fully illuminated. Used of the moon or a planet.

2. Having a hump; humpbacked.

Middle English, bulging, from Late Latin gibbsus, hunch-backed, from Latin gibbus, hump.

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