ovoid

Example Sentences

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Near the intersection of Commonwealth and Mount Vernon avenues, the neighborhood’s two biggest thoroughfares, stands “Three Eggs in Space,” an ovoid limestone art installation.

From Washington Post

The pterosaur’s melanosomes had diverse shapes—ovoid, spherical, and elongated—something until now only seen in mammalian fur and dinosaur and bird feathers.

From Science Magazine

And then there is the mysterious gilded ovoid.

From BBC

When small and ovoid, it really does look like an egg, or an egg wearing a little green hat, which is the calyx.

From New York Times

In his painterly hands, the traditional formline style with its flat ovoids and split-U shapes are further stylized, overlapped or interspersed with naturalistic renderings of faces and scenes.

From Seattle Times