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allantoid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈlæntɔɪd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French allantoïde, and its source, Renaissance Latin allantoides, from Koine Greek ἀλλαντοειδής (allantoeidḗs, “sausage-shaped”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς (allâs, “sausage”). By surface analysis, allant- + -oid.

Meanings

1. Allantoic.
2. Sausage-shaped; especially with reference to fungal spores that are long with rounded ends.

Forms

Deriveds

suballantoid

Translations (3)

pt alantoide (sausage shaped) · es alantoideo (sausage shaped) · ca al·lantoide (sausage shaped)

allantoid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈlæntɔɪd/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French allantoïde, and its source, Renaissance Latin allantoides, from Koine Greek ἀλλαντοειδής (allantoeidḗs, “sausage-shaped”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλᾶς (allâs, “sausage”). By surface analysis, allant- + -oid.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) The allantois.
   • The allantoide in some animals seems to have become extinct; in others is above tenfold the size, which would seem necessary for its purpose. 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 8:

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