allantoid
allantoid · more allantoid · most allantoid
AllantoicAllantoic.
/əˈlæntɔɪd/
Meaning
2 sensesAllantoic.
Sausage-shaped; especially with reference to fungal spores that are long with rounded ends.
shaped like a sausage
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From French allantoïde, and its source, Renaissance Latin allantoides, from Koine Greek ἀλFrom French allantoïde, and its source, Renaissance Latin allantoides, from Koine Greek ἀλλαντοειδής (allantoeidḗs, “sausage-shaped”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς (allâs, “sausage”). By surface analysis, allant- + -oid.
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Forms
more allantoid, most allantoid| Comparative | more allantoid Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most allantoid Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- shaped like a sausage:sausage-shaped
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsuballantoid
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.