Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviform leaf.
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Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
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Alt. of Elliptical
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Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.
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Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
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Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.
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Alt. of Ovoidal
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Stretched out; extended; especially, elongated in the direction of a line joining the poles; as, a prolate spheroid; -- opposed to oblate.
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