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rodshaped

rodshaped is the alternative form of rod-shaped.

Meaning of rod-shaped

Adjective

rod-shaped (comparative more rod-shaped, superlative most rod-shaped)

  1. Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical.
    • Walk-through detectors designed to spot guns, knives and other flat and rod-shaped weapons cost almost £5,000 each.2008, The Observer, 20 Jan 08
    Synonyms:
    veretilliform
    1. Describing a form of bacterium shaped like a rod; bacilliform.
      • Anthrax goes through two very different stages in its life cycle. One is a microscopic rod-shaped bacterium called bacillus anthracis, easy to grow in the lab but fragile and easily killed in the open.2001, The Guardian, 10 Oct 01

Forms of rodshaped

comparativemore rodshaped
superlativemost rodshaped

Origin of rodshaped

From rod + shaped.

Questions about rodshaped

What is rodshaped the alternative form of?
Rodshaped is the alternative form of rod-shaped.

Words near rodshaped in the dictionary

  1. Rodriguezs
  2. Rodrina
  3. Rodriquez
  4. rods
  5. rods in pickle
  6. rodshaped
  7. rodsman
  8. rodsmen
  9. rodster
  10. rodsters
  11. Rodway

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