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Orbiculae vs Orbiculate - What's the difference?

orbiculae | orbiculate |

As nouns the difference between orbiculae and orbiculate

is that orbiculae is plural of orbicula while orbiculate is that which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.

As an adjective orbiculate is

spherical or circular; orbicular.

orbiculae

English

Noun

(head)

    • orbiculate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • spherical or circular; orbicular
    • Walter Morrison invented an orbiculate dish named the Frisbee in 1955 .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is orbiculate, especially a solid whose vertical section is oval and whose horizontal section is circular.
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