noun. A rounded projection, especially a rounded, projecting anatomical part.

noun. A subdivision of a bodily organ or part bounded by fissures, connective tissue, or other structural boundaries.

noun. In the septate cephalopoda like Nautilus and the ammonites, any division of the septal suture which makes a convex curve toward the apex: contrasted with saddle, which is a curvature toward the aperture.

noun. In the trilobites, one of the divisions of the glabella; a glabellar lobe.

noun. In geology, a projection from a glacier, like a peninsula: especially used of the continental ice-sheet of the glacial epoch. see ice-lobe.

noun. A rounded and more or less globular projection or part.

noun. In botany, a rounded projection or division of a leaf, fruit, or other organ of a plant.

noun. In zoology, a projection or part which is imperfectly separated from another part: as, the lobes of the maxillæ in insects.

noun. In machinery, the larger or more prominent part of a cam-wheel.

noun. The lobus semilunaris inferior together with the slender lobe.

noun. See the adjectives.

noun. A rounded projection or division of a leaf.

noun. A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.

noun. A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of brain.

noun. The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.

noun. the soft, fleshy prominence in which the human ear terminates below, also called the earlobe. See. Illust. of Ear.

noun. Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form.

noun. A division of the brain.

noun. a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure

noun. (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part

noun. the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern

noun. (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided