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:
  • sausage-shaped
noun
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Allantoid

Noun

Singular:
allantoid
Plural:
allantoids

Origin of Allantoid

  • 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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