веретенообразный

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Russian

Etymology

From веретено́ (veretenó) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ о́браз (óbraz) +‎ -ный (-nyj), a calque of New Latin fusiformis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

веретенообра́зный (veretenoobráznyj)

  1. fusiform, spindle-shaped
    Synonyms: веретеновидный (veretenovidnyj), веретеноподобный (veretenopodobnyj), фузиформный (fuziformnyj)

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “веретенообразный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 63