prolate

(a) having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter
- a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis
watermelon-shaped,
(s) rounded like an egg egg-shaped, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, oviform, ovoid, elliptic, ovate,

Synonyms

watermelon-shaped egg-shaped elliptical oval oval-shaped oviform ovoid elliptic ovate

Antonyms

oblate pumpkin-shaped

See also

rounded

Words of close approximity

prolate cycloid