Oval1. (a.) Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions.
2. (a.) Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical.
3. (a.) Broadly elliptical.
4. (n.) A body or figure in the shape of an egg, or popularly, of an ellipse.
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