rodlet

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UK/ˈɹɒdlət/

noun

Any small rod, or rod-shaped structure (especially on the surface of some fungal spores)

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Meanings

nounrodlet (plural rodlets)

plural rodlets

  1. Any small rod, or rod-shaped structure (especially on the surface of some fungal spores)

    It issues in one continuous appetizing rodlet [...], which looks as if it retained the shape of an earthworm's tract (but watch, watch, do not be deflected!).

    1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 7

Origin

From rod + -let.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Drolet
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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