fusiform

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English

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Spindle with yarn.
Muscle shapes, fusiform on the left

Etymology

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From Latin fusus (spindle) +‎ -iform.

Adjective

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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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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fusiforme.

Adjective

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

  1. fusiform

Declension

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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