Gibbous

a.	1.
	1.	Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. - Wiseman.
	2.	Hunched; hump-backed.

Adj.	1.	gibbous - characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, humpbacked, humped, hunchback, hunchbacked, kyphotic
	2.	gibbous - (used of the moon) more than half full Synonyms: gibbose

arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, bandy, bowed, bowlike, bunchbacked, camelback, concave, convex, convexed, crookbacked, embowed, excurvate, excurvated, excurved, gibbose, humpbacked, humped, humpy, hunchbacked, hunched, hunchy, kyphotic, out-bowed, oxbow, rotund, vaulted

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