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adj
Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology
Synonyms: spindle-shaped
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
tapering at each end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spindle-shaped, cigar-shaped
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform.
Across languages
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