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[syn: allantoid, sausage-shaped]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Allantoid \Al*lan"toid\, Allantoidal \Al`lan*toid"al\, a. [Gr. ?
shaped like a sausage; ? sausage + e'i^dos form.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the allantois.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Allantois \Al*lan"to*is\, Allantoid \Al*lan"toid\, ] n.. (Anat.)
A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and
reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the
parent; the urinary vesicle.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
allantoid
adj 1: shaped like a sausage [syn: allantoid, sausage-
shaped]