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subˈoval, a.
[sub- 21 c. Cf. F. subovale.]
Somewhat or almost oval.
1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 9 The Macrocercus, with a suboval depressed body. 1777S. Robson Brit. Flora 167 Corollulæ of the radius suboval. 1817Stephens in Shaw Gen. Zool. X. ii. 564 Nostrils suboval and depressed. 1858Lewes Sea-side Studies ii. ii. 147 Minute suboval microscopic capsules. |