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oviform

[ oh-vuh-fawrm ]

adjective

  1. having a shape resembling that of an egg; egg-shaped; ovoid.


oviform

/ ˈəʊ±¹ÉªËŒ´Úɔ˳¾ /

adjective

  1. biology shaped like an egg
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of oviform1

First recorded in 1675–85; ovi- + -form
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The vase itself was very lovely; it was oviform with a graceful, flaring neck.

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Stone Chisels.—I saw recently an oviform stone implement which had been found on the granite moors of North Cornwall, and apparently had been used as a pickaxe in mining.

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It consisted of an oviform body to which were pivoted two upright slats carrying above the body nine long superposed flat blades spaced about one-third of their width apart.

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