rodlet

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See also: rödlet

English

Etymology

From rod +‎ -let.

Pronunciation

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Noun

rodlet (plural rodlets)

  1. Any small rod, or rod-shaped structure (especially on the surface of some fungal spores)
    • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 7:
      It issues in one continuous appetizing rodlet [...], which looks as if it retained the shape of an earthworm's tract (but watch, watch, do not be deflected!).

Anagrams

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