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oblate

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oblate1
having an equatorial diameter of greater length than the polar diameter

oblate2
a person dedicated to a monastic or religious life


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They were just a trifle too far away for her to see them distinctly in the waning light of the dying day, but she knew that they were too large, they were out of proportion to the perfectly proportioned bodies, and they were oblate in form.
 
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