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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A spheroid

Adjective

1. 1
   Like a spheroid; roughly spherical.

   "The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw."

Adjective

1. 1
   having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ellipsoidellipsoidalellipsoidalroundspherelikespherical

Example

More examples

"The buccal mass in milacids is spheroidal, and contains an oxygnathic jaw."

Related phrases

dwarf spheroidal galaxy

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