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ovoidal, a.|əʊˈvɔɪdəl| [f. as prec. + -al1.] = prec. A. 1 a. † ovoidal limestone, oolite (obs.): cf. oviform a.1 b.
1799Kirwan Geol. Ess. i. 217 Shistose mica, with compressed ovoidal limestone. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 525 This ganglion..is ovoidal or fusiform, broader at the middle than at the extremities. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 373 The greater number [of eggs] are truly ovoidal..one extremity is narrower and more pointed than the other. |