subellipsoidal

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sub- +‎ ellipsoidal

Adjective[edit]

subellipsoidal (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat ellipsoidal.
    • 2016 January 14, “Paleobiology of the Latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) Ammonite Salinites grossicostatum Inferred from Internal and External Shell Parameters”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      This considerable variation (68%) is due to the subellipsoidal form of the protoconch.