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ovoid

ovoid

1 6.7
A thing shaped like an egg
  • noun
  • /ˈoʊvɔɪd/
translation icon : ovoide
  • In biology class, we learned about the ovoid shape of certain plant seeds.

It's more of an ovoid because you're only seeing a part of it.

Examples

  • Notice that the ovoid fits right in the center of my palm.

  • It's pleomorphic, but tends toward ovoid in shape.

    Contagion (2011)

  • A rough-surfaced ovoid curved up through the floor in the room's center.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • As the lone ovoid moved out of the circle, Albert slowed the action to quarter speed, and something appeared at the right edge of the screen.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • They were rough ovoids, almost as thick as they were long.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • It was eclipsed as the ovoid passed in front of the lens, then reappeared as the ship vanished.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Gross inspection revealed that the specimen was a well-circumscribed ovoid lesion with a fibrous pseudocapsule.

    Academic text (2006)

  • A fading of the light draws my eyes to an oval patch of darkness on the water and a floating ovoid of darkness in the air, an interrupted shadowiness to the west.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The artist created a beautiful sculpture of an ovoid that resembled an egg.

  • The pale ovoid was carefully placed in the center of the display table.

Antonyms

cuboid
6.7

Having the shape of a cube or a rectangular box

How Egg-Shaped

egg
∞ 1.0
ovoid
1 6.7
oval
38 1.0
sphere
69 2.8

Surface Forms

ovoid singular
ovoids plural

Morphology

ovoid = ovum + egg (semi-transparent) = ov + oid

The formation is regular (ov- + -oid = egg-like), but the stem is a Latin combining form rather than the common word 'egg' and the suffix '-oid' may be unfamiliar to some learners.

Etymology

The word ovoid comes from Latin ovum 'egg' and the ending -oid 'like', the same ending in humanoid, so an ovoid is an object that is 'egg-shaped'.