fusiform

Adjective Satellite

• tapering at each end

Adj

• Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

Adjective

• Tapering toward each end; spindle-shaped.

Examples

• Acorns come in spherical and fusiform varieties.
• Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).
• The fusiform tiles seemed to point towards a specific, long word he could play.

Synonyms

cigar-shaped, spindle-shaped

Related Words

fusee

Anagrams of fusiform