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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kidney-shaped¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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

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

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