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What does concavo-convex mean?

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Adjective
  1. (optics) having one side concave and the other convex
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When a concavo-convex plate is affixed to the outside of the cubit.
F is called a meniscus, or concavo-convex, being concave on one, and convex on the other side.
Grain is oblong, obtusely trigonous, or concavo-convex, red-brown and rugulose on the ventral side.
Grain is orbicular to ovate, concavo-convex, red-brown, and transversely rugose.
These two genera have concavo-convex profiles, with strongly convex ventral valves, whereas the new genus is plano-convex and has a gently convex ventral valve.
They are neat, moderately thin, concavo-convex disks, with smooth surfaces and rounded edges.

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