oviform

[oh-vuh-fawrm]

o·vi·form

[oh-vuh-fawrm]
adjective
having a shape resembling that of an egg; egg-shaped; ovoid.

Origin:
1675–85; ovi- + -form
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Oviform is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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oviform (ˈəʊvɪˌfɔːm)
 
adj
biology shaped like an egg

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Medical Dictionary

oviform o·vi·form (ō'və-fôrm')
adj.
Shaped like an egg; ovoid.

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