Ill-dispose ugly figures (10)

I believe the answer is:

ellipsoids

'figures' is the definition.
(ellipsoid is a kind of figure)

'ill-dispose ugly' is the wordplay.
'ugly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ill'+'dispose'='illdispose'
'illdispose' with letters rearranged gives 'ELLIPSOIDS'.

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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