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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1998|author=Frank Chin|title=Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|page=21|passage=The catfish fillet is hot and flaky inside, a hot '''blobular''' doughnut.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1998|author=Frank Chin|title=Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|page=21|passage=The catfish fillet is hot and flaky inside, a hot '''blobular''' doughnut.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Lisa-Ann Gershwin|author2=et al|title=Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 66|page=64|publisher=Academic Press
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Lisa-Ann Gershwin; et al|title=Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 66|page=64|publisher=Academic Press
|passage=However, on the unusual occasions that a sting mark is observed, it is generally '''blobular''' rather than linear, leading to a hypothesis that the bell is responsible for the sting.}}
|passage=However, on the unusual occasions that a sting mark is observed, it is generally '''blobular''' rather than linear, leading to a hypothesis that the bell is responsible for the sting.}}



Latest revision as of 19:25, 29 August 2023

English

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Etymology

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From blob +‎ -ar. Compare tubular.

Adjective

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blobular (comparative more blobular, superlative most blobular)

  1. blob-shaped
    • 1998, Frank Chin, Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays, University of Hawaii Press, page 21:
      The catfish fillet is hot and flaky inside, a hot blobular doughnut.
    • 2013, Lisa-Ann Gershwin et al., Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 66, Academic Press, page 64:
      However, on the unusual occasions that a sting mark is observed, it is generally blobular rather than linear, leading to a hypothesis that the bell is responsible for the sting.