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fusiform

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1. fusiform - Adjective

2. fusiform - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell.

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Fungi that form fusiform skeletal hyphae bound by generative hyphae are said to have sarcodimitic hyphal systems. Source: Internet

Fossorial mammals have a fusiform body, thickest at the shoulders and tapering off at the tail and nose. Source: Internet

Mucinous, clear secretions may collect within these cysts to form either spherical masses or fusiform swellings, rarely larger than 2 to 3 cm in diameter. Source: Internet

Other areas, such as the fusiform gyrus have inputs from higher brain areas and are considered to have top-down influence. Source: Internet

Its shape is fusiform and laterally compressed, with its mouth directed upwards. Source: Internet

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