Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Rod-shaped.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Rod-shaped; straight.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective shaped like a rod.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective formed like a bacillus

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin baculum, stick; see bak- in Indo-European roots + –form.]

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Latin baculum ("staff") + -form

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  • all baculiform appendages to exit the bum-fiddle at once

    August 25, 2010