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kidney-shaped

[ kid-nee-sheypt ]

adjective

  1. having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform:

    a kidney-shaped swimming pool.



kidney-shaped

adjective

  1. shaped like an oval with an inward curve at one side
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kidney-shaped1

First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences

They are succeeded by kidney shaped capsules of a brown color.

Also, nodular or kidney-shaped masses of what the quarrymen call plaster-eggs—apparently snowy gypsum.

The shaped framing for kidney-shaped writing tables and similar classes of work is built up by laminating pieces of 3⁄4-in.

It appears as if formed of separate parts, resembling a series of heart- or kidney-shaped segments strung together.

The sorus is circular and is covered with an indusium which is notched or kidney-shaped.

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