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reniform
(redirected from kidney-shaped)

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reniform [′rēn·ə‚fȯrm]
(science and technology)
Bean- or kidney-shaped, as describing the structure of a crystal in which rounded masses occur at the ends of radiating crystals, or certain structures in animals and plants.


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Zooming through the cosmos in a kidney-shaped space ship, our heroes explore new worlds and make trouble for the nefarious Supermuscleman.
``They're called `soul skaters,''' said Harry Kallet, 40, who worked up a sweat in the kidney-shaped bowl, adding that he meets a lot of skaters in the 40-and-older crowd.
Clad in thin vertical strips of black stained timber, the new centre is now only three storeys high and curved instead of crystalline, with a kidney-shaped plan.
 
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