ovoidal
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It consists of a roundish or ovoidal ball, apparently of rock-crystal, about an inch and a half in diameter, and protected by a silver mounting.
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by John Stuart
They are large ovoidal masses of moss, lichen, and moss-roots, often tacked together a good deal outside with cotton-wool, down of different descriptions, and cobwebs.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
The Rapakiwi granites of Finland have many round or ovoidal felspar crystals scattered through a granitic matrix.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
There the cliffs diverging, and again coming near, enclose a valley of ovoidal shape, for the most part overgrown with pecan-trees.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
Their green rings, circular or ovoidal in form, abounded in all parts of the country, and it was in these circles they were said to dance through the livelong night.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Elias Owen
