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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

lobe roundish projecting part of an organ. XVI. — late L. lobus — Gr. lobós lobe of ear or liver, pod.
So lobate XVIII, lobule XVII. — modL.

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