sausage-shaped

  • 91allantoid — [ə lan′toid΄] adj. [Gr allantoeidēs: see ALLANTOIS] of or like the allantois; sausage shaped …

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  • 92allantois — n. (pl. allantoides) Zool. one of several membranes that develop in embryonic reptiles, birds, or mammals. Derivatives: allantoic adj. Etymology: mod.L f. Gk allantoeides sausage shaped …

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  • 93kite — n. & v. n. 1 a toy consisting of a light framework with thin material stretched over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string. 2 any of various soaring birds of prey esp. of the genus Milvus with long wings and usu. a forked tail. 3 Brit …

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  • 94kite balloon — noun a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind • Hypernyms: ↑barrage balloon * * * noun : an elongated captive balloon with lobes that keep it headed into the wind for increased life abbr. KB * * * kite balloon, 1 …

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  • 95sea cucumber — noun echinoderm having a flexible sausage shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free living mud feeders • Syn: ↑holothurian • Hypernyms: ↑echinoderm • Hyponyms: ↑trepang, ↑Holothuria edulis …

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  • 96etua tree — ˈed.əwə , ˈet.wə noun Etymology: of African origin; akin to Twi etwa, a prickly plant : a tropical African tree (Kigelia pinnata) of the family Bignoniaceae with sausage shaped pods borne on the old wood …

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  • 97spoonworm — /spoohn werrm /, n. any of various unsegmented, burrowing marine worms of the phylum Echiura, of shallow waters worldwide, having a sausage shaped body and a flattened head. [1835 45; SPOON + WORM] …

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  • 98Dracone® — /draˈkōn, sometimes dra kōˈni/ noun A large sausage shaped, bag like container for transporting liquids, towed on the surface of the sea, etc ● Draco …

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  • 99mi|to|chon|dri|a — «MY tuh KON dree uh», noun, plural of mitochondrion. minute sausage shaped structures found in the cytoplasm of cells, containing many enzymes important for cell metabolism. They produce most of the energy required by the cells. Mitochondria… …

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  • 100sausagetree — sausage tree n. A tropical African tree (Kigelia pinnata) having pinnately compound whorled leaves, large scarlet bell shaped flowers borne on loose drooping clusters, and long gourdlike fruit suspended on stalks more than 1 meter (approximately… …

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