1. spheroid - Noun
2. spheroid - Adjective
A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAcademics lack perspective. In a debate on whether the world is round, they would argue, 'No,' because it's an oblate spheroid. They suffer from 'the curse of knowledge': the inability to imagine what it's like not to know something that they know. Steven Pinker
it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid Source: Internet
A spheroid looks like a round pillow that is somewhat flattened. Source: Internet
A rotating star in hydrostatic equilibrium is an oblate spheroid up to a certain (critical) angular velocity. Source: Internet
Because of its rapid rotation, the planet's shape is that of an oblate spheroid (it has a slight but noticeable bulge around the equator). Source: Internet
His prediction that the Earth should be shaped as an oblate spheroid was later vindicated by other scientists. Source: Internet