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ovoid

[oh-void] / ˈoʊ vɔɪd /


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Like islands in an ocean, white ovoid outlines appeared amid the background puddle of stain—vaults.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 6, 2024

The pavilion consisted of a series of exhibitions — including a puppet-style show about data processing — nested underneath a 90-foot tall ovoid theater known as the Information Machine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

It was a streamlined, futuristic vehicle with three wheels, a periscope, and an ovoid body that reminded observers of a tadpole or a flying fish.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022

The Egg from J. Schatz, an ovoid stoneware feeder in four colors, is $275.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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