subellipsoidal

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English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ ellipsoidal.

Adjective

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, →DOI:
      This considerable variation (68%) is due to the subellipsoidal form of the protoconch.