ovalish

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adjective

Approximately oval-shaped.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveovalish (comparative more ovalish, superlative most ovalish)

comparative more ovalish · superlative most ovalish

  1. Approximately oval-shaped.

    Hindwing with a mostly smooth-edged, ovalish, dark red patch, jagged only near front of wing.

    2008, Michael J. Samways, Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa, page 198
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    Our native water arum has long-stalked, thick, coarse leaves that are ovalish and about three inches long.

    1996, Norman Taylor, 1001 Questions Answered About Flowers, page 31

    An ovalish circumscribed opacity with blurred margins is seen in an upper position behind the areola, with the same density as the surrounding fibroglandular tissue.

    2005, Vincenzo Lattanzio, Giovanni Simonetti, Guide to Interpreting, Recording, and Auditing Mammograhic Images, page 42

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Origin

Translations

Finnish ovaalimainen
  • ovaalimainenapproximately oval
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APA

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Chicago

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