Globule

Definitions

A small round particle of substance; a drop.

Equivalents

Examples

“Suppoſe now that in a fair Day the Sun ſhines through a thin Cloud of ſuch globules of Water or Hail, and that the globules are all of the ſame bigneſs[…]”

“A civilized hotel is a little urban globule floating like⟳ scum on a rustic pool.”

“They described the eggs as spherical in shape⟳, highly transparent with a thin, horny egg membrane and a relatively wide perivitelline space. Each egg contained a single oil globule.”

“Mature female black rockfish and newborn (inset), which sports an oil globule (arrow) - its prepacked lunch. Older moms give⟳ young a bigger starting meal, boosting the offsprings'^([sic]) growth and survival.”

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