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An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.
See under Oval.
A genus of beetles without wings, but having short oval elytra; the oil beetles. These beetles are sometimes used instead of cantharides for raising blisters. See Oil beetle, under Oil.
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Any one of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive and swim rapidly. The larva is aquatic. Called also weaver, whirlwig, and whirlwig beetle.
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Half oval.
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Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
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A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
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That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart.
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Somewhat oval; nearly oval.
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A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through.
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A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
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An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus.
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Alt. of Ovalbumen
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In an oval form.
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An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
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Having the form of an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
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An oval lobe beneath each of the optic lobes in many fishes; one of the inferior lobes.
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A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ.
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An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
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A grape of an oval shape and whitish color.
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