ovolo

ovolo


o·vo·lo    Audio Help   (ō'və-lō')   

n.   pl. o·vo·li (-lī')
A rounded convex molding, often a quarter section of a circle or ellipse.

[Obsolete Italian, diminutive of uovo, ovo, egg, from Latin ōvum; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]
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