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globoid

[glo´boid]

globe-shaped; spheroid.

globoid

/glo·boid/ (glo´boid) globe-shaped; spheroid.

globoid

(glo'boyd) [? + Gr. eidos, form, shape]

Resembling a globe. Synonym: spheroid

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