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Synonyms for ovoidal

resembling an egg in shape

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En los FMO encontrados, primo la forma circular en un 79,07 % de los casos, seguida por la forma ovoidal en un 18,60 %.
Large paired spermathecae in 8 and 9, with the ovoidal ampulla joined to a thick duct, slightly shorter than ampulla diameter; the almost sessile and ellipsoidal diverticulum projects from the ental and lateral portion of duct (Fig.
1) were ovoidal, 20.1 x 18.1 [micro]m (18 - 25 x 16 - 22), with a length:width ratio of 1.1 (1.1 - 1.2), and a wall that was bilayered, smooth, and 1.0 [micro]m (1.0 - 1.2) thick.
Conidia did not vary in shape and most were globose to subglobose or broadly ovoidal. Optimum temperature for the growth of all species was between 25 to 30[degrees]C.
The statolith is represented by a 6.3-cm-long ovoidal piece of Styrofoam sprayed with small, 2-3 mm Styrofoam beads.
Conidia were multicellular, smoothwalled, olivaceous brown, ovoidal to broadly clavate, curved at subterminal cell from the base, and had three septa [Figure 2].
Ovoidal conceptuses were recovered from the uteri of four pigs with SCNT-derived embryos.
During a routine histologic examination, several granulomas with intensive lymphocyte, monocyte, and eosinophil infiltration surrounding clusters of ovoidal eggs were found in the liver (Figure; online Technical Appendix Figure 2).
Comments: Because of the complete notauli, the antennal segment 3 that is less than 3 times as long as broad, and the area between posterior ocelli and eyes having an ovoidal area anteriorly delimited by a strong and high carina, the male of G.