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The Clue
Stretched out at the poles (7 letter answer)
The Answer
PROLATE
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Notes
The answer PROLATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Elongated, as a spheroid
Definition
PROLATE as an adjective:
1. (prolate, watermelon-shaped) = having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter; "a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis"
2. (egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, oval, oval-shaped, ovate, oviform, ovoid, prolate) = rounded like an egg