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OVATE

\ˈə͡ʊve͡ɪt], \ˈə‍ʊve‍ɪt], \ˈəʊ_v_eɪ_t]\

Definitions of OVATE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Shaped like an egg, with the lower extremity broadest.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Shaped like the lengthwise section of an egg.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

In bot., in the form of an egg; having the shape of a longitudinal section of an egg.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A term used in descriptive bacteriology to signify having the outline of an egg.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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