semi-ovaladj.
Chiefly Natural History.
Of the form of half an oval cut longitudinally, semi-elliptical.
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semi-oval1700
semi-elliptical1763
semi-ovaloida1836
semi-ellipsoidal1845
semi-elliptic1900
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 33 Semi-Oval Arches.
1756 G. Douglas tr. J. B. Winslow Anat. Expos. Struct. Human Body (ed. 4) II. §554 The Semi-Oval Fibres of the upper Palpebra.
1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants Gloss.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 798 Aperture entire, semioval.
1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 100 The whole garden-ground is included in a semi-oval hollow.
Derivatives
ˌsemi-ˈovaloid adj.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > of conic section > elliptical > semi-elliptical
semi-oval1700
semi-elliptical1763
semi-ovaloida1836
semi-ellipsoidal1845
semi-elliptic1900
a1836 J. F. South Zool. 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.
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