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spindle-shaped

spindle-shaped adjective: tapering at each end.

spindle-shaped: tapering at each end
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Adjective

spindle-shaped (not generally comparable, comparative more spindle-shaped, superlative most spindle-shaped)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Tapering at each end.
    • a spindle-shaped fibroblast
    Synonyms:
    fusiform

spindle-shaped meaning in Tamil

spindle-shaped in Tamil

கதிர்க்கோல் வடிவான, இடைபெருத்து இருமுனைகளிலும் கூம்பியுள்ள

Synonyms of spindle-shaped

Forms of spindle-shaped

comparativemore spindle-shaped
superlativemost spindle-shaped

Questions about spindle-shaped

What does spindle-shaped mean?
Spindle-shaped means tapering at each end.
What is spindle-shaped in Tamil?
Spindle-shaped in Tamil is கதிர்க்கோல் வடிவான, இடைபெருத்து இருமுனைகளிலும் கூம்பியுள்ள. See Spindle-shaped meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spindle-shaped?
Spindle-shaped is an adjective.

Words near spindle-shaped in the dictionary

  1. spindle toxins
  2. spindle tree
  3. spindle trees
  4. spindle-legged
  5. spindle-shanked
  6. spindle-shaped
  7. spindle-tree
  8. spindle-trees
  9. spindled
  10. spindleful
  11. spindlefuls

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