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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. shaped like a sausage;
[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]