anastomosing

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈnæs.təˌmoʊ.zɪŋ/

Verb

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anastomosing

  1. present participle and gerund of anastomose
    • 2014 [2013], Rob Dinnis, Chris Stringer, Britain: One million years of human history, London: Natural History Museum, →ISBN, page 31:
      Happisburgh's humans discarded their stone tools close to one of several anastomosing, slow-flowing low-energy rivers, all of which meandered across a floodplain into a large estuary.

Adjective

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anastomosing (not comparable)

  1. (mycology) Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
  2. (geology) Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.