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semi-ˈoval, a. Chiefly Nat. Hist.
[semi- 7 a.]
Of the form of half an oval cut longitudinally, semi-elliptical.
1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 273 Semi-Oval Arches. 1756G. Douglas Winslow's Anat. II. §554 The Semi-Oval Fibres of the upper Palpebra. 1775J. Jenkinson Brit. Plants Gloss. 1856–8W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 798 Aperture entire, semioval. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 100 The whole garden-ground is included in a semi-oval hollow.
So ˌsemi-ˈovaloid a.
a1843J. F. South in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 314/2 The Skink has the anterior end of the [upper arm] bone very wide, with a semiovaloid head, looking upwards. |