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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oviform

Oviform \O"vi*form\ ([=o]"v[i^]*f[^o]rm), a. [Ovum + -form: cf. F. oviforme.] (Biol.) Having the form or figure of an egg; egg-shaped; as, an oviform leaf.

Syn: ovoid, ovoidal.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
oviform

"egg-shaped," 1680s, from ovi-, comb. form of Latin ovus "egg" (see ovum) + forma (see form (n.)).

Wiktionary
oviform

a. egg-shaped, having the shape of an egg.

WordNet
oviform

adj. rounded like an egg [syn: egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, ovate, ovoid, prolate]

Usage examples of "oviform".

We passed along corridors with original watercolours every few yards, Doulton decorative moon flasks, oviform vases and figures on small pedestals.

Compared with the decorous impassivity of the oviform girl our flat-faced fashion-plates are terribly abandoned and provocative.

The champagne-bottle shoulders of the oviform girl have vanished from the modern fashion-plate and from modern life.