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fusiform

adj

Etymology

From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform.

Definitions

  1. Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it

    Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

    • Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).
    • Acorns come in spherical and fusiform varieties.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fusiform. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA