fusiform
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adjective
- 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).”
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spindle-shapedpointedcigar-shapedstreamlinedfungiformdisciformfusoid-ventricosespiculiformphaseoliformrotiformfungilliformamentiformvirgulateflabellatefloriformnapiform