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Adjective: rod-shaped  ród sheypt
  1. Resembling a rod
    "The rod-shaped bacteria were visible under high magnification";
    - rodlike
     
  2. Formed like a bacillus
    "The rod-shaped bacteria were visible under the microscope";
    - bacillar, bacillary, bacilliform, baculiform

See also: formed, rounded

Encyclopedia: Rod-shaped