Meanings
comparative more fusiform · superlative most fusiform
- biologyShaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
Acorns come in spherical and fusiform varieties.
1 more example
Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).
Synonyms: spindle-shaped
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveShaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetapering at each end
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfusus“spindle”
- Englishfusiform
From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مِغْزَلِيّ
- مِغْزَلِيّ (miḡzaliyy)spindle-shaped
Bulgarian вретеновиден
- вретеновиден (vretenoviden)spindle-shaped
Catalan fusiforme
- fusiformespindle-shaped
Czech vřetenovitý
- vřetenovitýspindle-shaped
Esperanto ŝpinilforma
- ŝpinilformaspindle-shaped
Finnish sukkulamainen
- sukkulamainenspindle-shaped
French fusiforme
- fusiformespindle-shaped
German spindelförmig
- spindelförmigspindle-shaped
Greek ατρακτοειδής
- ατρακτοειδής (atraktoeidís)spindle-shaped
Hungarian orsós
- orsósspindle-shaped
Italian fusiforme
- fusiformespindle-shaped
Latin fūsifōrmis
- fūsifōrmisspindle-shaped
Polish wrzecionowaty
- wrzecionowatyspindle-shaped
Portuguese fusiforme
- fusiformespindle-shaped
Russian веретенообра́зный
- веретенообра́зный (veretenoobráznyj)spindle-shaped
Spanish fusiforme
- fusiformespindle-shaped
Turkish iğsi
- iğsispindle-shaped
Cite this entry
fusiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusiform
“fusiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusiform. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fusiform,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fusiform.
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