spindle-shaped

Speech parts

1. spindle-shaped - Adjective

2. spindle-shaped - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the shape of a spindle.

Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fusiform cigar-shaped cuneiform pointed circular spindle tapered streamlined bell-shaped bulbous gasiform fibrillar columelliform bowl-shaped barrel-shaped
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Antonyms

pointless unpointed

Examples

Anatomy and physiology render Pinnipeds have streamlined, spindle-shaped bodies with reduced or non-existent external ear flaps, rounded heads, flexible necks, limbs modified into flippers, and small tails. Source: Internet

The fibroblasts in the infant Reinke's space were still sparse but spindle-shaped. Source: Internet

The large spindle-shaped genus Fusulina and its relatives were abundant in what is now Russia, China, Japan, North America; other important genera include Valvulina, Endothyra, Archaediscus, and Saccammina (the latter common in Britain and Belgium). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spindle-legged spindle-like spindle-shanked spindle-shaped bacteria spindle-tree family spindleberry tree