Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Resembling an egg in form; egg-shaped; ovoid.
Wiktionary
- adj. egg-shaped.
- adj. geology Oolitic.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Biol.) Shaped like an egg.
Etymologies
- ooid + -al (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Some are large-grained, of a pink colour, and appear in blocks, which, flaking off under the influence of the atmosphere, form ooidal blocks and boulders piled in irregular heaps.”
“The Badawi cranium is small, ooidal, long, high, narrow, and remarkable in the occiput for the development of Gall’s second propensity: the crown slopes upwards towards the region of firmness, which is elevated; whilst the sides are flat to a fault.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘ooidal’.
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phrontistery - o
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OoOoOo
Words starting with oo. Because I like the way it looks and sounds.
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avivamagnolia
~ Shaped like an egg
~ See oogonia, oocyte Jan 18, 2009