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adjective
BiologyHaving an oval outline or ovoid shape, like an egg.
‘The lobes, which are preserved as carbonized remains of round or ovate outline, have a thickened or darkened rim.’- ‘This proposed suborder is defined by a number of synapomorphies of the carapace including ovate shape, presence of an oblique fold, short hinge line, and a convex posterior margin.’
- ‘The surfaces have an ovate outline and are mildly convex.’
- ‘The shape varies but it is usually ovate, kidney-shaped, or bean-shaped.’
- ‘The red mangrove with smaller, ovate leaves, grows in the shallow edges of the water.’
oval, egg-shaped, elliptic, ovate, ovoid, oviform, ellipsoidal
Origin
Mid 18th century from Latin ovatus ‘egg-shaped’.
noun
1A member of an order of Welsh bards recognized at an Eisteddfod.
- 1.1historical A Celtic priest or natural philosopher.
Origin
Early 18th century from the Greek plural ouateis ‘soothsayers’.
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