egg-shaped
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of egg-shaped
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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ChoViva is now present in roughly 35 different retail products, mostly on the market in Germany and France – though it also appears in mini egg-shaped sweets sold by Aldi in the UK.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
"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
Such “diagrids” have been used in other tall buildings, including the 46-story Hearst Tower in New York City, the iconic 40-story ovular Gherkin skyscraper in London and a section of the egg-shaped London City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 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
It lives for five hundred triumphant years, and when it dies it constructs a sort of egg-shaped cocoon around itself.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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