Definition: orbicular

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

orbicular
     adj 1: circular or nearly circular [syn: orbiculate]
     2: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object";
        "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like
        mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global,
        globose, globular, spheric, spherical]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Orbicular \Or*bic"u*lar\, a. [L. orbicularis, fr. orbiculus,
   dim. of orbis orb: cf. F. orbiculaire.]
   Resembling or having the form of an orb; spherical; circular;
   orbiculate. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. --
   Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n.

         Orbicular as the disk of a planet.       --De Quincey.