ovalish

English

Etymology

oval +‎ -ish

Adjective

ovalish (comparative more ovalish, superlative most ovalish)

  1. Approximately oval-shaped.
    • 1996, Norman Taylor, 1001 Questions Answered About Flowers, page 31:
      Our native water arum has long-stalked, thick, coarse leaves that are ovalish and about three inches long.
    • 2005, Vincenzo Lattanzio, Giovanni Simonetti, Guide to Interpreting, Recording, and Auditing Mammograhic Images, page 42:
      An ovalish circumscribed opacity with blurred margins is seen in an upper position behind the areola, with the same density as the surrounding fibroglandular tissue.
    • 2008, Michael J. Samways, Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa, page 198:
      Hindwing with a mostly smooth-edged, ovalish, dark red patch, jagged only near front of wing.

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