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rodlet

UK/ˈɹɒdlət/

rodlet noun: any small rod, or rod-shaped structure (especially on the surface of some fungal spores).

Noun

rodlet (plural rodlets)

  1. Any small rod, or rod-shaped structure (especially on the surface of some fungal spores)
    • It issues in one continuous appetizing rodlet [...], which looks as if it retained the shape of an earthworm's tract (but watch, watch, do not be deflected!).1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 7

Forms of rodlet

pluralrodlets

Origin of rodlet

From rod + -let.

Words formed from rodlet

Questions about rodlet

What does rodlet mean?
Rodlet means any small rod, or rod-shaped structure (especially on the surface of some fungal spores).
What part of speech is rodlet?
Rodlet is a noun.
How do you pronounce rodlet?
Rodlet is pronounced /ˈɹɒdlət/ (UK).
What is the plural of rodlet?
The plural of rodlet is rodlets.

Words near rodlet in the dictionary

  1. Rodkeys
  2. rodknight
  3. rodknights
  4. rodless
  5. rodlessness
  6. rodlet
  7. rodletless
  8. rodlets
  9. Rodley
  10. Rodleys
  11. rodlike

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