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ovoid
adjective \ˈō-ˌvȯid\
: shaped like an egg
Full Definition of OVOID
: resembling an egg in shape : ovate <an ovoid fruit>
— ovoid noun
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Variants of OVOID
ovoid also ovoi·dal \ō-ˈvȯi-dəl\
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Origin of OVOID
French ovoïde, from Latin ovum egg — more at egg
First Known Use: circa 1828
Related to OVOID
- Synonyms
- elliptical (or elliptic), ovate, oval (also ovoidal)
Rhymes with OVOID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
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