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Fusiform   Listen
adjective
Fusiform  adj.  Shaped like a spindle; shaped like a cylinder that tapers at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell.
Synonyms: cigar-shaped.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Fusiform" Quotes from Famous Books



... very wide-spread. We have received from Major F. Hawn, of Leavenworth, Kansas, a most interesting account of the Red-legged locust (Caloptenus femur-rubrum). "They commence depositing their eggs in the latter part of August. They are fusiform, slightly gibbous, and of a buff-color. They are placed about three-fourths of an inch beneath the surface, in a compact mass around a vertical axis, pointing obliquely up and outwards, and are partially cemented together, the whole presenting a cylindrical structure, not unlike a small cartridge. ...
— Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses • Alpheus Spring Packard



Words linked to "Fusiform" :   pointed, spindle-shaped, cigar-shaped



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