fusiform

English
Muscle shapes, fusiform on the left

Etymology

From Latin fusus (“spindle”) +‎ -iform.

Adjective

fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

  1. (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
    Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).

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