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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lobe \Lobe\, n. [F. lobe, Gr ?.]
Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat
rounded form as:
a (Bot.) A rounded projection or division of a leaf.
--Gray.
b (Zo["o]l.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of
certain birds, as the coot.
c (Anat.) A round projecting part of an organ, as of the
liver, lungs, brain, etc See Illust. of {Brain}.
b (Mach.) The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a
non-circular gear wheel.
{Lobe of the ear}, the soft, fleshy prominence in which the
human ear terminates below. See Illust. of {Ear}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lobe
n : a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
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