egg-shaped

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ChoViva is now present in roughly 35 different retail products, mostly on the market in Germany and France – though it also appears in mini egg-shaped sweets sold by Aldi in the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

"We discovered an egg-shaped cocoon closely surrounding the star," says Ohnaka, the lead author of a study reporting the observations published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

Through these mergers, spiral galaxies turn into elliptical galaxies, egg-shaped galaxies without the spiral arms, which leads to the growth of supermassive black holes.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2023

Since Rachel and Alvy only ever feel like constructs, not characters, it’s predictable that their attitudes would reverse once their zygote is encased in egg-shaped plastic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

She had a narrow, egg-shaped head that rose to a prominent point.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri