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Meanings of ovoid in English

Rounded like an egg.

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Shape.

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Examples for "egg-shape"
Examples for "egg-shape"
1
It was a flattened egg-shape fuselage of dark blue-grey silicolithium composite, fifty metres long, fifteen wide.
The Neutronium Alchemist
2
Gleaming slivers separated from the surface, converged, assumed an egg-shape and bloomed into a flight of spacecraft.
The Universe — or Nothing
3
There was a flicker of motion from the egg-shape nearest Oram, and it caused him to draw back.
Alien: Covenant
4
He reached out to pat her egg-shaped buttock, then withdrew his hand.
Dayworld
5
When he was through, the egg-shaped stone had a flat oval top.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Usage of ovoid in English
1
They were ovoid in shape and dotted the screen door in rows.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
2
The ovoid had already started coming alive in response to Bin's touch.
Existence
3
Two hatches hinged open, and several dozen pale ovoid shapes were ejected.
The Naked God
4
The body during movement is globular or ovoid, without any anterior process.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
5
An ovoid slice of the gemlike material slid aside, revealing a doorway.
The Metal Monster
6
Mingling with the barbarians unsuspected, he might get possession of the ovoid.
Creatures of Vibration
7
The skull of this fossil is a regular oval, or rather ovoid.
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
8
Bin grabbed up a heavy sack and rolled the gleaming ovoid inside.
Existence
9
First, the holes are generally nicely circular or ovoid, not obviously tooth-shaped.
Wired
10
The newcomer was slightly larger, with streamlined bulges in its ovoid fuselage.
The evolutionary void
11
The ovoid vessel had parted in three sections above its midline belt.
Halo Cryptum
12
Not being a robot or cartoon sponge, my skull is reasonably ovoid.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
13
Then, a few days later, the ovoid insignia was staring back at him.
Wired
14
All morning long the tiny ovoid remained in place, watching, listening.
Anything You Can Do ...
15
The body is ovoid to globular and usually much flattened dorso-ventrally.
Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
16
Transparent elevators traveled up and down, ovoid bubbles suspended around a central stem.
The witch queen
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United States of America
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