HyperDic: pumpkin-shaped

English > 1 sense of the word pumpkin-shaped:
ADJECTIVEallpumpkin-shaped, oblatehaving the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter
English > pumpkin-shaped: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningHaving the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles.
Synonymoblate
See alsoroundedcurving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged
Oppositeprolate, watermelon-shapedHaving the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter

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