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n. - An egg-shaped object adj. - Rounded like an egg.

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  • The female spikelet is ovoid acuminate and has four glumes.
  • A section of lung was cut out, an ovoid energy-bank introduced.
  • Then they were sliding horizontally into the centre of the ovoid.
  • Bulb ovoid, or rather regularly pear-shaped, with a long tap-root.
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  • It's silly to "avoid" (evase, shun) arenas just because they are "ovoid" (egg-shaped) structures.
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