egg-shaped
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of egg-shaped
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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"We discovered an egg-shaped cocoon closely surrounding the star," says Ohnaka, the lead author of a study reporting the observations published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
The egg-shaped toy housing a virtual pet was one of the biggest crazes of the 1990s.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
Through these mergers, spiral galaxies turn into elliptical galaxies, egg-shaped galaxies without the spiral arms, which leads to the growth of supermassive black holes.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2023
Since Rachel and Alvy only ever feel like constructs, not characters, it’s predictable that their attitudes would reverse once their zygote is encased in egg-shaped plastic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
The stones on the bottom were all shapes and sizes—flat, egg-shaped, domed—very hard on the feet, and covered with a filmy green slime that was ludicrously slippery.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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