ovaliform
English
Etymology
oval + -iform
Adjective
ovaliform (comparative more ovaliform, superlative most ovaliform)
- Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ovaliform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)