fusiform

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8

Definition of fusiform

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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.”

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Etymology

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

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