ovoidal
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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
We met many indians carrying great ovoidal jars which were made at Tenango, and which are chiefly used for carrying chicha.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
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
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
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
