a. [f. L. lent- LENS + -OID.] Having the form of a lens or lentil; lens-shaped.
1879. in Webster, Suppl.
1880. Athenæum, 21 Aug., 245/2. The other lentoid gems take their places in series with those which have been collected from the Greek islands.
1884. Sayce, Anc. Emp. East, 230. The lentoid gems … are all closely allied in artistic style to the Hittite carved stones.
1900. A. S. Murray, in Brit. Mus. Return, 64. Haematite lentoid seal, engraved with the figure of a man with horse’s head.
