Allantoid Definition

ə-lăntoid

adjective

Of or having an allantois.

American Heritage

Of or like the allantois; sausage-shaped.

Webster's New World

Of or having an allantois.

American Heritage Medicine

Shaped like a sausage.

American Heritage Medicine

(mycology) Sausage-shaped. Often used to describe spores that are long with rounded ends.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

noun

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Allantoid

Singular:

allantoid

Plural:

allantoids

Ancient Greek ἀλλαντοειδής (allantoeides, “sausage-shaped”), from ἀλλάς (allâs, “sausage”).

From Wiktionary
New Latin allantoīdes allantois

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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