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Fusiform

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    tapering at each end wordnet

Etymology

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

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