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n. - A rounded projection that is part of a larger structure; (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part; The enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern;

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  • Ear lobe
  • Be Young – you are must be a teenager whose frontal lobe is not fully developed.
  • How these progressives can twist things around to fit their moral relative brain lobe amazes me.
  • 'It belongs to a group of fish called lobe-fin fish.'
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