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1. A long thin implement made of metal or wood
    
2. Any rod-shaped bacterium
    
3. [Brit] A linear measure of 16.5 feet
   - perch [Brit, archaic], pole [Brit]
    
4. A square rod of land
   - perch, pole
    
5. A visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
   - rod cell, retinal rod
    
6. [US] A gangster's pistol
   - gat
    
7. [vulgar] Obscene term for penis

Derived forms: rods

Type of: area unit, bacteria, bacterium, handgun, implement, linear measure, linear unit, member, penis, phallus, pistol, shooting iron, side arm, square measure, visual cell

Part of: furlong, retina

Encyclopedia: Rod, Jane and Freddy