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Allantoid

//əˈlæntɔɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Allantoic.
  2. 2
    Sausage-shaped; especially with reference to fungal spores that are long with rounded ends.
Adjective
  1. 1
    shaped like a sausage wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The allantois. obsolete

    "The allantoide in some animals seems to have become extinct; in others is above tenfold the size, which would seem necessary for its purpose."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French allantoïde, and its source, Renaissance Latin allantoides, from Koine Greek ἀλλαντοειδής (allantoeidḗs, “sausage-shaped”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς (allâs, “sausage”). By surface analysis, allant- + -oid.

Etymology 2

From French allantoïde, and its source, Renaissance Latin allantoides, from Koine Greek ἀλλαντοειδής (allantoeidḗs, “sausage-shaped”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς (allâs, “sausage”). By surface analysis, allant- + -oid.

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