oˈvicular, a. rare.
[f. med. or mod.L. ōvicul-um (dim. of ōvum egg) + -ar.]
Of the shape or nature of an egg.
| 1774 J. Bryant Mythol. II. 352, I invoke Protogonos, who wandered..inclosed in an ovicular machine. 1816 G. S. Faber Orig. Pagan Idol. II. 252 The tempest-tossed egg or ovicular arkite machine. |