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bombous, a.|ˈbɒmbəs, ˈbʌmbəs|
[In sense 1, f. L. bombus, a. Gr. βόµβος boom, hum + -ous: in sense 2 f. bomb n.]
†1. Booming, humming. Obs.
1715tr. Pancirollus' Rerum Mem. I. iv. xii. 202 The Indians..beating..Drums..made an horrible Noise, and a Bombous kind of Sound. Ibid. II. xviii. 383 Call'd Bombardæ, from the bombous kind of Noise they make.
2. Convexly rounded; having the shape of a fragment of a bomb or sphere.
1878Bell Gegenbauer's Anat. 423 In some parts as, for example, on the head, they often have a bombous surface, and are set irregularly. 1882in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XVI. 195 Dorsal profile rather high and bombous over the disk. |