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  • adjective Having a shape like that of a banana.

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Examples

  • Some of Nokia's biggest handset-design successes include the Nokia 8110 banana-shaped handset, popularized in the first "Matrix" movie; the 9000 Communicator, which was the world's first smartphone; the Nokia 3210, with an internal antenna; and the Nokia 7650, with a built-in camera popularized in the movie "Minority Report."

    Nokia Styles Comeback Plan Arild Moen 2011

  • But scientists have found bones from this extinct creature that reveal it used its banana-shaped wings as weapons, similar to how ninjas use nunchucks.

    'Ninja' Bird Discovered With Nunchuck-Like Wings The Huffington Post 2011

  • But scientists have found bones from this extinct creature that reveal it used its banana-shaped wings as weapons, similar to how ninjas use nunchucks.

    'Ninja' Bird Discovered With Nunchuck-Like Wings The Huffington Post 2011

  • Welcome to the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, a banana-shaped slice of the former Soviet Union struggling for its independence on the new front line between East and West.

    In This Tiny Land, Some Wish They Were Back in the U.S.S.R. Gordon Fairclough 2011

  • What really was inside: various face lotions, a $10 gift certificate to Pinkberry, a set of Bananagrams that's a word game that comes in a bright yellow banana-shaped pouch, and TeethingBling, a turquoise-colored necklace produced especially for the 17th annual SAG awards and "made from the same material as teething toys."

    Social Networking at SAG Marshall Heyman 2011

  • Why supe out your car when you can take the engine and mount it raw on a banana-shaped boat?

    Long-tailing it, Siamese Style | clusterflock 2009

  • — One morning this month, 27 harbor seals sunned themselves on the sand in a tiny cove, striking banana-shaped poses as tourists snapped pictures.

    Should Sealing Off Seals Get the Seal of Approval in La Jolla? Miriam Jordan 2010

  • What are they doing? he asked, as his stiff, handlebar moustache twitched under his banana-shaped nose.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • He took out a banana-shaped “vibrating muscle massager” from the Sharper Image catalogue that his dad used for his sore back.

    Sleepwalk With Me Mike Birbiglia 2010

  • What are they doing? he asked, as his stiff, handlebar moustache twitched under his banana-shaped nose.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

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