melon-shaped

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Having the form of a melon; oval with depressed lines running from end to end, the intervals between them being convex, so that a transverse section in any part has a scalloped outline. This form is found in many fruits, seeds, the eggs of insects, etc.

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We were fascinated by their butts, enthralled by each melon-shaped protrusion.

Women Food and God Geneen Roth 2010
We were fascinated by their butts, enthralled by each melon-shaped protrusion.

Women Food and God Geneen Roth 2010
Soldati sees provolone being made at a factory in Lombardy, but this melon-shaped cheese was brought up to the Po valley in the early 1900s by southern entrepreneurs in search of a more fertile commercial terrain.

Delizia! John Dickie 2008
The creature drilled its multifaceted prismatic sense organs on Tom, the exterior of each of the three melon-shaped globes reflecting endless distorted images.

String Theory, Book 3: Evolution Heather Jarman 2006
“Oh, so you are NOT asleep?” he countered with a nod of his melon-shaped cranium.

Through Russia 2003
Lana Smith was small and plump with melon-shaped breasts that not only defied gravity, they actually made her look fatter if that was possible.

Maura's Game Cole, Martina 2002
Don Ricardo Aldaya had a cranium that, according to Julian, bordered on the melon-shaped and was quite rugged.

The Shadow of the Wind Zafon, Carlos Ruiz 2001
An older Angiran with a round, melon-shaped head was hurrying toward them.

Shadow Lord Laurence Yep 2000
An older Angiran with a round, melon-shaped head was hurrying toward them.

Shadow Lord Laurence Yep 2000
An older Angiran with a round, melon-shaped head was hurrying toward them.

Shadow Lord Laurence Yep 2000