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orbiculate

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or⋅bic⋅u⋅late

  [awr-bik-yuh-lit, -leyt]
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–adjective
orbicular; rounded.
Also, or⋅bic⋅u⋅lat⋅ed.

Origin:
1750–60; < L orbiculātus gone round in a circle (ptp. of orbiculārī), equiv. to orbicul(us) small disk (see orbicular ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
or⋅bic⋅u⋅late⋅ly, adverb
or⋅bic⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun
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or·bic·u·late   (ôr-bĭk'yə-lĭt, -lāt')   
adj.  Orbicular.

[Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus, diminutive of orbis, circle, disk.]
or·bic'u·late·ly adv.
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