fusiform

English
Spindle with yarn.
Muscle shapes, fusiform on the left

Etymology

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

Adjective

fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

  1. (chiefly botany, zoology) 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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Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French fusiforme.

Adjective

fusiform m or n (feminine singular fusiformă, masculine plural fusiformi, feminine and neuter plural fusiforme)

  1. fusiform

Declension
Declension of fusiform
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite fusiform fusiformă fusiformi fusiforme
definite fusiformul fusiforma fusiformii fusiformele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite fusiform fusiforme fusiformi fusiforme
definite fusiformului fusiformei fusiformilor fusiformelor
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