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fusiform, a.|ˈfjuːzɪfɔːm|
[f. L. fūs-us spindle + -iform. Cf. F. fusiforme.]
Spindle-shaped; tapering from the middle towards each end; esp. in Bot., Entom., and Zool.
1746Da Costa in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 404 The cylindric, fusiform, and other Belemnites, of which the two Ends or Extremes terminate pointed. 1805J. Galpine Brit. Bot. (1806) 311 Root caulescent, fusiform. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 14 The great ganglion of the rhinoceros-beetle is fusiform. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 154 Seeds indefinite, very minute, fusiform. 1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 108 Shell fusiform, elongated. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ii. 79 Each of these elongates, and surrounds itself with a delicate, fusiform, silicious case. 1881Geikie in Nature XXV. 2 A genus of Palæoniscid fishes, possessing a fusiform body. 1887Scribner's Mag. I. 427/2 This torpedo..is fusiform, or cigar-shaped. |