- frontal gibbosity
- noun
: a protuberance on the head of certain male fishes prominent as sexual maturity is reached
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
frontal gibbosity
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frontal gibbosity — a fleshy lump on the top of the head, e.g. in adult male cichlids. Also called nuchal hump … Dictionary of ichthyology
gibbosity — swelling or protuberance, a convex hump, e.g. frontal gibbosity in certain male Labridae … Dictionary of ichthyology
frontal eminence — noun either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit • Hypernyms: ↑bulge, ↑bump, ↑hump, ↑swelling, ↑gibbosity, ↑gibbousness, ↑jut, ↑prominence, ↑protuberance, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gibbosity — noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the bony excrescence … Useful english dictionary
extrusion — noun 1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the bony… … Useful english dictionary
gibbousness — noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the bony excrescence … Useful english dictionary
protrusion — noun 1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the bony… … Useful english dictionary
protuberance — noun 1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (Freq. 1) the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge the hump of a camel he stood on the rocky prominence the occipital protuberance was well developed the… … Useful english dictionary
