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EGG-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does egg-shaped mean?
• EGG-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective EGG-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. rounded like an egg
Familiarity information: EGG-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rounded like an egg
Synonyms:
egg-shaped; elliptic; elliptical; oval; oval-shaped; ovate; oviform; ovoid; prolate
Similar:
rounded (curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged)
Context examples
Cancer that forms in tissues of the testis (one of two egg-shaped glands inside the scrotum that make sperm and male hormones).
(Malignant Testicular Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Looking closely at the distances between the stars, the researchers found all binaries separated by a gap of 500 AU or more were Class 0 and lined up with the axis of the egg-shaped cloud surrounding them.
(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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