Meaning of rod-shaped | Babel Free
Definitions
- Shaped like a rod; long and cylindrical.
- Describing a form of bacterium shaped like a rod; bacilliform.
Examples
“Walk-through detectors designed to spot guns, knives and other flat and rod-shaped weapons cost almost £5,000 each.”
“In western Nevada at the southern end of Lake Winnemucca a rod-shaped atlatl with weight and engaging hook still attached was discovered around 1961.”
“Anthrax goes through two very different stages in its life cycle. One is a microscopic rod-shaped bacterium called bacillus anthracis, easy to grow in the lab but fragile and easily killed in the open.”
“S. pombe is a rod shaped organism, and during its cell cycle it grows mostly in length with little change in diameter.”
“The rod-shaped E. coli phages share a common host range with the RNA-containing E. coli phages, a coincidence which probably unites unrelated viruses.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.