Etymology

baculiform

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Today it means: Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped. Full definition →

Latin baculum
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  1. Latin · derived frombaculum“staff”
  2. English todaybaculiform

Latin baculum (“staff”) + -iform

Words from the same roots

Latinbaculum all →

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