baculiform

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adjective

Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.

Similar
bacillarbacillarybacilliformrod-shapedformed
OriginLatin baculum →
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Meanings

adjectivebaculiform (comparative more baculiform, superlative most baculiform)

comparative more baculiform · superlative most baculiform

  1. Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveformed like a bacillus

Similar
bacillarbacillarybacilliformrod-shapedformed
Also see
bacillarbacillarybacilliformrod-shaped

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinbaculum“staff”
  2. Englishbaculiform

Latin baculum (“staff”) + -iform

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APA

baculiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baculiform

MLA

“baculiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baculiform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “baculiform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baculiform.

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