fusiformadj.

Brit.

/ˈfjuːzᵻfɔːm/, U.S.

/ˈfjuzəˌfɔrm/

Etymology: < Latin fūsus spindle + -iform comb. form. Compare French fusiforme.

Spindle-shaped; tapering from the middle towards each end; esp. in Botany, Entomology, and Zoology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > spindle-shaped

fusiform1747

spindle-shaped1834

the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > spindle-shaped

spindle-shaped1776

fusiform1805

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated

ensiform?1541

acuminate1634

aculeated1657

lanceolated1752

sagittated1752

subacute1752

subulated1752

linear1753

subulate1757

spinous1758

lanceolate1760

sagittate1760

sublinear1761

obverse1776

lanced1787

long-acuminate1804

subuliform1804

lanceolar1810

acuminous1813

virgate1821

spiny1828

apiculate1830

ensate1830

aciculate1831

spiniform1833

fibriform1846

obcuneate1870

fusiform1887

the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > tapered at ends

spindle-shaped1776

fusiform1887

1747 E. M. da Costa in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 404 The cylindric, fusiform, and other Belemnites, of which the two Ends or Extremes terminate pointed.

1805 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. (1806) 311 Root caulescent, fusiform.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 14 The great ganglion of the rhinoceros-beetle is fusiform.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 154 Seeds indefinite, very minute, fusiform.

1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 108 Shell fusiform, elongated.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ii. 79 Each of these elongates, and surrounds itself with a delicate, fusiform, silicious case.

1881 A. Geikie in Nature 3 Nov. 2/1 A genus of Palæoniscid fishes, possessing a fusiform body.

1887 Scribner's Mag. 1 427/2 This torpedo..is fusiform, or cigar-shaped.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fusiform
释义	fusiformadj. Brit. /ˈfjuːzᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈfjuzəˌfɔrm/ Etymology: < Latin fūsus spindle + -iform comb. form. Compare French fusiforme. Spindle-shaped; tapering from the middle towards each end; esp. in Botany, Entomology, and Zoology. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > slender or pointed > spindle-shaped fusiform1747 spindle-shaped1834 the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > spindle-shaped spindle-shaped1776 fusiform1805 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated ensiform?1541 acuminate1634 aculeated1657 lanceolated1752 sagittated1752 subacute1752 subulated1752 linear1753 subulate1757 spinous1758 lanceolate1760 sagittate1760 sublinear1761 obverse1776 lanced1787 long-acuminate1804 subuliform1804 lanceolar1810 acuminous1813 virgate1821 spiny1828 apiculate1830 ensate1830 aciculate1831 spiniform1833 fibriform1846 obcuneate1870 fusiform1887 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > tapered at ends spindle-shaped1776 fusiform1887 1747 E. M. da Costa in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 404 The cylindric, fusiform, and other Belemnites, of which the two Ends or Extremes terminate pointed. 1805 J. Galpine Brit. Bot. (1806) 311 Root caulescent, fusiform. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 14 The great ganglion of the rhinoceros-beetle is fusiform. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 154 Seeds indefinite, very minute, fusiform. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 108 Shell fusiform, elongated. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals ii. 79 Each of these elongates, and surrounds itself with a delicate, fusiform, silicious case. 1881 A. Geikie in Nature 3 Nov. 2/1 A genus of Palæoniscid fishes, possessing a fusiform body. 1887 Scribner's Mag. 1 427/2 This torpedo..is fusiform, or cigar-shaped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1747
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