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An ovolo.
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Resembling an egg in shape; egg-shaped; ovate; as, an ovoidal apple.
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The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals; as, the tympanic or auditory bulla.
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of Ovococcus
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A kind of turnip commonly with a large and long or ovoid yellowish root; a Swedish turnip. See Turnip.
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A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
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The very large ovoid or roundish fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of many varieties; also, the plant itself. The fruit sometimes weighs many pounds; its pulp is usually pink in color, and full of a sweet watery juice. It is a native of tropical Africa, but is now cultivated in many countries. See Illust. of Melon.
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A solid resembling an egg in shape.
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Alt. of Ovoidal
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Oviparous, but hatching the egg while it is within the body, as some fishes and reptiles.
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That branch of natural history which treats of the origin and functions of eggs.
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A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
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A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body, formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of bacteria, etc.
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The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.
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A germinal vesicle.
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The fruit of the mango tree. It is rather larger than an apple, and of an ovoid shape. Some varieties are fleshy and luscious, and others tough and tasting of turpentine. The green fruit is pickled for market.
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One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.
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An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland.
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Yolk; egg yolk.
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A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.
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