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It had large, owlish eyes; ears that were capable of facing backward or forward; a wide, toothless mouth that seemed to split its flattened, ovoidal skull almost in half; and a small, constantly wiggling proboscis.

Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

The speaking/breathing trunk that protruded from the top of their ovoidal hairless skulls recoiled back against the edges of their flat-brimmed rain hats, and the secondary eating trunks that hung from the underside, or chin region, of their heads twitched nervously.

Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

The speaking/breathing trunk that protruded from the top of their ovoidal hairless skulls recoiled back against the edges of their flat-brimmed rain hats, and the secondary eating trunks that hung from the underside, or chin region, of their heads twitched nervously.

Drowning World Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

The most ancient churches in Wales have circular or ovoidal churchyards -- a form essentially Celtic -- and it may well be that these sacred spots were dedicated to religious purposes in pagan times, and were appropriated by the early Christians, -- not, perhaps, without opposition on the part of the adherents of the old faith -- and consecrated to the use of the Christian religion.

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

Their green rings, circular or ovoidal in form, abounded in all parts of the country, and it was in these circles they were said to dance through the livelong night.

Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Elias Owen

We met many indians carrying great ovoidal jars which were made at

In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

According to recent investigations, molluscum epitheliale is to be regarded as a hyperplasia of the rete, the growth probably beginning in the hair-follicles; the so-called molluscum bodies -- peculiar, rounded or ovoidal, sharply-defined, fatty-looking bodies found in microscopical examination of the growth -- are to be viewed as a form of epithelial degeneration.

Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886

There are two ovaries, one on each side of the uterus, and connected with it by the Fallopian tubes; they are ovoidal bodies about an inch in diameter, and furnish the

The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877

They are large ovoidal masses of moss, lichen, and moss-roots, often tacked together a good deal outside with cotton-wool, down of different descriptions, and cobwebs.

The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

The kermes, a dwarf oak, a ridiculous tree which a man can jump over, surprises me by the wealth of its acorns, which are large, ovoidal growths, the cup being covered with scales.

Social Life in the Insect World Jean-Henri Fabre 1869