Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling an egg in form; egg-shaped; ovoid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Biol.) Shaped like an egg.
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- adjective
egg-shaped . - adjective geology
Oolitic .
Etymologies
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ooid + -al
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Examples
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Some are large-grained, of a pink colour, and appear in blocks, which, flaking off under the influence of the atmosphere, form ooidal blocks and boulders piled in irregular heaps.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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The Badawi cranium is small, ooidal, long, high, narrow, and remarkable in the occiput for the development of Gall’s second propensity: the crown slopes upwards towards the region of firmness, which is elevated; whilst the sides are flat to a fault.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
avivamagnolia commented on the word ooidal
~ Shaped like an egg
~ See oogonia, oocyte
January 18, 2009