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kidney-shaped
[ kid-nee-sheypt ]
adjective
- having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform:
a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
kidney-shaped
adjective
- shaped like an oval with an inward curve at one side
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kidney-shaped1
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Example Sentences
They are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown color.
Also, nodular or kidney-shaped masses of what the quarrymen call plaster-eggs—apparently snowy gypsum.
The shaped framing for kidney-shaped writing tables and similar classes of work is built up by laminating pieces of 3⁄4-in.
It appears as if formed of separate parts, resembling a series of heart- or kidney-shaped segments strung together.
The sorus is circular and is covered with an indusium which is notched or kidney-shaped.
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