...Theupper lip is lobed as in the hare; ears elliptical, with rounded tops... 
Robert A. Sterndale 「Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon」
... One day in May, walking in the woods, I came upon the nest of a whippoorwill, or rather its eggs, for it builds no nest,—two elliptical whitish spotted eggs lying upon the dry leaves...
John Burroughs 「Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers」
...The first has an almost cylindrical figure; the second, squat, short and thickset, is conical in front and elliptical, or rather shaped like the ace of hearts, behind...
J. Henri Fabre 「More Hunting Wasps」
...Maxillary-premaxillary teeth 38-35; prevomerine teeth5-5, situated on small elliptical elevations between quadrangularchoanae; vocal slits absent...
William E. Duellman 「Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America」
...The astronomers sought to determine the motions of the newarrival, to discover for it an elliptical orbit such as most cometshave...
Camille Flammarion Frances A. Welby 「Astronomy for Amateurs」
...He afterwards determined that theorbits of all the planets are of an elliptical form...
Thomas Orchard 「The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'」
...The elliptical form of her orbit had been discovered by Horrox, and herelements were computed with a certain degree of accuracy...
Thomas Orchard 「The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'」
...The circular paths of the stars remote from thepole of the ecliptic will, however, be only seen somewhat edgewise, andthus the apparent paths will be elliptical, as we actually find them...
Robert Stawell Ball 「The Story of the Heavens」
...Later on, in 1837, Olbersformulated the theory that the bodies in question travelled around thesun in an elliptical orbit, and at the same time he established theperiodicity of the maximum shower...
Cecil G. Dolmage 「Astronomy of To-day」
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Apsis, plural apsides, the line joining the aphelionand perihelion points; or the major axis of elliptical orbits...
Henry Warren 「Recreations in Astronomy」
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