"fusoid" meaning in English

See fusoid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fusus||spindle}} Latin fusus (“spindle”), {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fusoid (not comparable)
  1. Synonym of fusiform Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: fusiform [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: fusoid-ventricose, subfusoid

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