allantoid
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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relating to or resembling the allantois
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botany shaped like a sausage
noun
Other Word Forms
- allantoidal adjective
Etymology
Origin of allantoid
1625–35; < Greek allantoeidḗs, equivalent to allant- (stem of allâs sausage) + -oeidḗs -oid
Example Sentences
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The author says in his further description that the form affine is less definitely umbilicate, has white stems, etc.; allantoid, one would now say.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
The allantois also contains a fluid which is known as the allantoid liquid.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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