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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lohb |
| Phonetic Transcription : loʊb |
Definition of lobe
Origin :- early 15c., "a lobe of the liver or lungs," from Middle French lobe and directly from Medieval Latin lobus, from Late Latin lobus "hull, husk, pod," from Greek lobos "lobe of the ear, vegetable pod," perhaps related to Greek leberis "husk of fruits," from PIE *logwos. Extended 1670s to divisions of the brain.
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- I noticed the glitter of a gold earring in the lobe of his huge ear.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- It is as if one lobe of my brain kept watch over the action of the other.'
- Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
- Then all at the first Takbr put the hands to the lobe of the ears and say: "God is Great!"
- Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
- They moved by sucking in the water at one end of the lobe, and expelling it at the other.
- Extract from : « My First Voyage to Southern Seas » by W.H.G. Kingston
- He turned to his fellow, who examined the wounded ear, the lobe of which was split.
- Extract from : « King o' the Beach » by George Manville Fenn
- Commissioner Tate tugged gently at his left ear p. 195 lobe.
- Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
- He kissed her, first on her mouth and then on the lobe of the ear that was next to him.
- Extract from : « The Creators » by May Sinclair
- One has no lobes, another has one lobe like the thumb of a mitten, and another has three.
- Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
- The middle (or central) lobe of the cephalis is simple, nearly cubical, and smaller than the ovate occipital and frontal lobe.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
- He shut her eyes with his lips and kissed the lobe of one little ear.
- Extract from : « Arethusa » by F. Marion Crawford
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